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Numbers 14:2-25

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2The next day they all complained to Aaron and Moses/me. All the men said, “We wish that we had died in Egypt, or in this desert!
3Why is Yahweh bringing us to this land, where we men will be killed with swords? And our wives and children will be taken away to be slaves. Instead of going to Canaan. It would be better for us to return to Egypt!”
4Then some of them said to each other, “We should choose a leader who will take us back to Egypt!”
5Then Aaron and Moses/I bowed down to pray in front of all the Israeli people who had gathered there.
6Joshua and Caleb, two of the men who had explored the land, tore their clothes because they were very dismayed.
7They said to the Israeli people, “The land that we explored is very good.
8If Yahweh is pleased with us, he will lead us into that very fertile IDM land, and he will give it to us.
9So do not rebel against Yahweh! And do not be afraid of the people in that land! We will ◄gobble them up/completely destroy them► MET! They do not have anyone who will protect them, but Yahweh will be with us and help us. So do not be afraid of them!”
10Then all the Israeli people talked about killing Caleb and Joshua by throwing stones at them. But suddenly Yahweh's glory appeared to them at the Sacred Tent.
11Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “How long will these people reject me RHQ? I am tired of them not believing in what I can do, in spite of all the miracles I have performed among them RHQ!
12So I will cause a ◄plague/widespread sickness► to strike them and get rid of them. But I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. They will be a nation that is much greater and stronger than these people are.”
13But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “ Please do not do that, because the people of Egypt will hear about it! You brought these Israeli people from Egypt by your great power,
14and the people of Egypt will tell that to the descendants of Canaan who live in this land. Yahweh, they have already heard about you. They know that you have ◄been with/helped► these people and that they have seen you face-to-face. They have heard that your cloud is like a huge pillar that stays over them, and by using that cloud you lead them during the day, and that the cloud becomes like a fire at night to give them light.
15If you kill these people all at one time, the people-groups who have heard about your power will say,
16‘Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land that he promised to give to them, so he killed them in the desert.’
17So Yahweh, now show that you are very powerful. You said,
18‘I do not quickly become angry; instead, I love people very much, and I forgive people for having sinned and having disobeyed my laws. But I will always punish LIT people who are guilty of doing what is wrong. When parents sin, I will punish them, but I will also punish their children and their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren and their great-great-grandchildren.’
19So, because you love people like that, forgive these people for the sins that they have committed, just like you have continued to forgive them ever since they left Egypt.”
20Then Yahweh replied, “I have forgiven them, as you requested me to.
21But, just as certainly as I live and that people all over the world can see my ◄glory/glorious power►, I solemnly declare this:
22All these people saw my glory and all the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the desert, but they disobeyed me, and many times they tested whether they could continue to do evil things without my punishing them.
23Because of that, not one of them will see the land that I promised their ancestors that I would give to them. No one who rejected me will see that land.
24But Caleb, who serves me well, is different from the others. He obeys me completely. So I will bring him into that land that he has already seen, and his descendants will inherit/possess some of it.
25So, since the descendants of Amalek and Canaan who are living in the valleys in Canaan are very strong, when you leave here tomorrow, instead of traveling toward Canaan, go back along the road through the desert towards the Red Sea.”

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