And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
And Moses saith, `Why is this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC