Numbers 14:44
in Numbers 14But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
KJV
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
With the glory of the Lord - With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people. My glory - That is, my glorious appearances in the cloud, and in the tabernacle. Ten times - That is, many times.
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top,....
And this is written for our admonition, that we "fall not after the same example of unbelief." The Murmuring of the Israelites. 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain--Notwithstanding the tidings that Moses communicated and which diffused a general feeling of melancholy and grief throughout the camp, the impression was of very brief continuance.
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ | vaiya'pilu | and they presumed | H6075 → | |
| לַעֲל֖וֹת | laalot | to go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| רֹ֣אשׁ | rosh | [the] top of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָהָ֑ר | hahar | the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וַאֲר֤וֹן | vaaron | and [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| בְּרִית־ | berit- | [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּמֹשֶׁ֔ה | umosheh | and Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מָ֖שׁוּ | mashu | they departed | H4185 → | |
| מִקֶּ֥רֶב | mikerev | from [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ | hamachaneh | the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּand they presumed
vaiya'piluH6075 →
לַעֲל֖וֹתto go up
laalotH5927 →890 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
רֹ֣אשׁ[the] top of
roshH7218 →599 times
הָהָ֑רthe hill country
haharH2022 →546 times
וַאֲר֤וֹןand [the] ark of
vaaronH727 →202 times
בְּרִית־[the] covenant of
berit-H1285 →284 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּמֹשֶׁ֔הand Moses
umoshehH4872 →765 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
מָ֖שׁוּthey departed
mashuH4185 →
מִקֶּ֥רֶבfrom [the] midst of
mikerevH7130 →227 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃the camp
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 15:30But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:26
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- Psalms 19:13
Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
- Deuteronomy 1:43
So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
- Deuteronomy 17:12–13
But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge…
- Deuteronomy 29:19–20
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This…
- Hebrews 10:26
Through
Numbers 10:33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:33
who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to…
- Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Deuteronomy 1:33
Through
Numbers 31:6And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
it leads to
- Numbers 10:8–9
The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
- Numbers 10:8–9
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.