Numbers · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Numbers 14 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Entonces toda la comunidad comenzó a gritar y lloró durante toda la noche.
1 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 Todos los israelitas se quejaron contra Moisés y Aarón. Toda la comunidad les dijo: «¡Ojalá hubiéramos muerto en Egipto o en este desierto!
2 All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness!
3 ¿Por qué nos trae el Señor a esta tierra para morir a espada? Nuestras esposas y nuestros hijos serán llevados como prisioneros. ¿No sería mejor regresar a Egipto?»
3 Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”
4 Y se decían unos a otros: «Escojamos un jefe y regresemos a Egipto».
4 They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”
5 Entonces Moisés y Aarón se postraron rostro en tierra delante de toda la comunidad de Israel.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 Josué hijo de Nun y Caleb hijo de Jefone, que habían explorado la tierra, rasgaron sus ropas
6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
7 y dijeron a toda la comunidad de Israel: «La tierra que recorrimos y exploramos es muy buena.
7 They spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
8 Si el Señor se agrada de nosotros, nos llevará a esa tierra y nos la dará. Es una tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel.
8 If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey.
9 Pero no se rebelen contra el Señor ni tengan miedo del pueblo de esa tierra. Los venceremos fácilmente. Ellos han quedado sin protección, y el Señor está con nosotros. No les tengan miedo».
9 Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don’t fear them.”
10 Toda la comunidad habló de apedrearlos. Entonces la gloria del Señor apareció en la Tienda de reunión ante todos los israelitas.
10 But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. Yahweh’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
11 El Señor dijo a Moisés: «¿Hasta cuándo me despreciará este pueblo? ¿Hasta cuándo se negará a confiar en mí, a pesar de todas las señales que he hecho entre ellos?
11 Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? How long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
12 Los heriré con una plaga y los destruiré. Luego haré de ti una nación más grande y más fuerte que ellos».
12 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
13 Pero Moisés dijo al Señor: «Los egipcios se enterarán de esto, porque con tu poder sacaste a este pueblo de entre ellos.
13 Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them.
14 Y se lo dirán a los habitantes de esta tierra. Ellos ya han oído que tú, Señor, estás en medio de este pueblo, que te muestras a ellos cara a cara, que tu nube está sobre ellos y que vas delante de ellos en una columna de nube durante el día y en una columna de fuego durante la noche.
14 They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are among this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15 Si ahora matas a todo este pueblo de una sola vez, las naciones que han oído hablar de ti dirán:
15 Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
16 “El Señor no pudo llevar a este pueblo a la tierra que les había prometido bajo juramento, y por eso los mató en el desierto”.
16 ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’
17 Ahora, Señor, muestra la grandeza de tu poder, tal como dijiste:
17 Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
18 “El Señor es lento para la ira y grande en misericordia. Perdona la maldad y el pecado, pero no deja sin castigo al culpable. Hace que las consecuencias del pecado de los padres alcancen a los hijos hasta la tercera y la cuarta generación”.
18 ‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’
19 Por tu gran misericordia, te ruego que perdones el pecado de este pueblo, así como lo has perdonado desde Egipto hasta ahora».
19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
20 El Señor respondió: «Los he perdonado, como me lo has pedido.
20 Yahweh said, “I have pardoned according to your word;
21 Pero tan cierto como que yo vivo y que la gloria del Señor llena toda la tierra,
21 but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory—
22 ninguno de los hombres que vieron mi gloria y las señales que hice en Egipto y en el desierto, pero me pusieron a prueba estas diez veces y no escucharon mi voz,
22 because all those men who have seen my glory and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
23 verá la tierra que prometí bajo juramento a sus antepasados. Ninguno de los que me despreciaron la verá.
23 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.
24 Pero mi siervo Caleb tiene un espíritu diferente y me ha seguido de todo corazón. Yo lo llevaré a la tierra que exploró, y sus descendientes la poseerán.
24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
25 Como los amalecitas y los cananeos viven en el valle, mañana den la vuelta y regresen al desierto por el camino del mar Rojo».
25 Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
26 El Señor dijo a Moisés y a Aarón:
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
27 «¿Hasta cuándo soportaré a esta comunidad malvada que se queja contra mí? He oído las quejas de los israelitas.
27 “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel, which they complain against me.
28 Diles: “Tan cierto como que yo vivo —declara el Señor—, haré con ustedes exactamente lo que les he oído decir.
28 Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you.
29 Sus cuerpos caerán en este desierto. Todos los que fueron contados en el censo, de veinte años o más, que se han quejado contra mí,
29 Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me,
30 no entrarán en la tierra donde juré establecerlos, excepto Caleb hijo de Jefone y Josué hijo de Nun.
30 surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 Pero llevaré a ella a sus hijos, de quienes ustedes dijeron que serían llevados como prisioneros. Ellos conocerán la tierra que ustedes rechazaron.
31 But I will bring in your little ones that you said should be captured or killed, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
32 En cuanto a ustedes, sus cuerpos caerán en este desierto.
32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
33 Sus hijos andarán como pastores por el desierto durante cuarenta años y sufrirán por la infidelidad de ustedes, hasta que el último de sus cuerpos quede en el desierto.
33 Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies are consumed in the wilderness.
34 Por cada uno de los cuarenta días que exploraron la tierra, sufrirán un año: cuarenta años. Así sabrán lo que significa tenerme en contra”.
34 After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’
35 Yo, el Señor, he hablado. Ciertamente haré esto a toda esta comunidad malvada que se ha unido contra mí. En este desierto encontrarán su fin y aquí morirán».
35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”
36 Los hombres que Moisés había enviado a explorar la tierra y que al regresar hicieron que toda la comunidad se quejara contra él dando un mal informe,
36 The men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land,
37 esos hombres que dieron el mal informe de la tierra murieron por una plaga delante del Señor.
37 even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.
38 De los hombres que fueron a explorar la tierra, solamente Josué hijo de Nun y Caleb hijo de Jefone quedaron con vida.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
39 Cuando Moisés comunicó estas palabras a todos los israelitas, el pueblo se puso de luto.
39 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
40 A la mañana siguiente se levantaron temprano y subieron hacia la parte alta de la región montañosa. Dijeron: «Hemos pecado. Ahora subiremos al lugar que el Señor prometió».
40 They rose up early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised; for we have sinned.”
41 Pero Moisés dijo: «¿Por qué vuelven a desobedecer la orden del Señor? Esto no tendrá éxito.
41 Moses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper?
42 No suban, porque el Señor no está con ustedes. Sus enemigos los derrotarán.
42 Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies.
43 Allí delante de ustedes están los amalecitas y los cananeos, y ustedes caerán a espada. Como se apartaron del Señor, el Señor no estará con ustedes».
43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you will fall by the sword because you turned back from following Yahweh; therefore Yahweh will not be with you.”
44 Sin embargo, se atrevieron a subir hacia la parte alta de la región montañosa, aunque ni el arca del pacto del Señor ni Moisés salieron del campamento.
44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp.
45 Entonces los amalecitas y los cananeos que vivían en aquella región montañosa bajaron, los atacaron y los persiguieron hasta Hormá.
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down even to Hormah.
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Caleb
The son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah and one of the twelve spies, who urged Israel to take the land, followed the LORD wholeheartedly, was promised the land he had walked…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 13:6; Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:24
Jephunneh
The father of Caleb, the faithful spy of the tribe of Judah, called a Kenizzite in Numbers 32:12.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 13:6; Numbers 14:6; Numbers 32:12
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (44)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 1:45; Numbers 11:1–4
- 2 Exodus 15:24; Numbers 16:41; Exodus 17:3; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Numbers 14:27–29
- 3 Numbers 14:31–32; Jeremiah 9:3; Psalm 78:40
- 4 Acts 7:39; Nehemiah 9:16–17; Luke 17:32; Deuteronomy 17:16; Deuteronomy 28:68
- 5 Numbers 16:4; Numbers 16:22; Numbers 16:45; Ezekiel 9:8; Leviticus 9:24
- 6 Numbers 14:30; Numbers 13:30; Numbers 13:6; Numbers 14:38; Numbers 13:8
- 7 Numbers 13:27; Deuteronomy 1:25; Deuteronomy 6:10–11; Deuteronomy 8:7–9
- 8 2 Samuel 22:20; Isaiah 62:4; Numbers 13:27; Deuteronomy 10:15; Psalm 147:10–11
- 9 Deuteronomy 7:18; Deuteronomy 31:6; Romans 8:31; Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 74:14
- 10 Exodus 17:4; 1 Samuel 30:6; Leviticus 9:23; Exodus 16:10; Matthew 23:37
- 11 Psalm 78:32; Psalm 106:24; Psalm 78:22; Psalm 78:41–42; Deuteronomy 9:22–23
- 12 Exodus 32:10; Numbers 16:46–49; Numbers 25:9; 2 Samuel 24:1; 2 Samuel 24:12–15
- 13 Psalm 106:23; Exodus 32:11–14; Ezekiel 20:9; Deuteronomy 32:27; Deuteronomy 9:26–28
- 14 Exodus 15:14; Exodus 13:21–22; Nehemiah 9:12; Deuteronomy 5:4; Exodus 33:11
- 15 Judges 6:16
- 16 Deuteronomy 9:28; Joshua 7:9; Joshua 7:7; Deuteronomy 32:26–27
- 17 Matthew 9:8; Matthew 9:6; Micah 3:8
- 18 Exodus 34:6–7; Psalm 145:8; Exodus 20:5; Jonah 4:2; Nahum 1:2–3
- 19 Exodus 34:9; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 78:38; Exodus 32:32; Jonah 4:2
- 20 Micah 7:18–20; Psalm 106:23; James 5:16
- 21 Habakkuk 2:14; Psalm 72:19; Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 49:18; Deuteronomy 32:40
- 22 Hebrews 3:17–18; Genesis 31:7; Job 19:3; Exodus 32:1; Deuteronomy 1:31–35
- 23 Numbers 32:11; Numbers 26:64; Ezekiel 20:15; Deuteronomy 1:35–45; Hebrews 3:17–18
- 24 Joshua 14:6–14; Numbers 14:6–9; Numbers 32:11–12; Deuteronomy 1:36; Acts 11:23
- 25 Deuteronomy 1:40; Numbers 13:29; Numbers 14:4; Psalm 81:11–13; Proverbs 1:31
- 27 Exodus 16:12; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Exodus 16:28; Mark 9:19; Numbers 14:11
- 28 Numbers 14:21; Hebrews 3:17; Numbers 14:2; Deuteronomy 1:35; Numbers 14:23
- 29 Numbers 1:45; Numbers 26:64; Hebrews 3:17; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Numbers 14:32–33
- 30 Deuteronomy 1:36–38; Numbers 14:38; Numbers 26:65; Genesis 14:22; Numbers 32:12
- 31 Deuteronomy 1:39; Psalm 106:24; Numbers 26:64; Numbers 26:6; Numbers 14:3
- 32 1 Corinthians 10:5; Numbers 14:29; Hebrews 3:17
- 33 Numbers 32:13; Ezekiel 23:35; Psalm 107:40; Deuteronomy 2:14; Numbers 33:38
- 34 Ezekiel 4:6; Numbers 13:25; Jeremiah 18:9–10; Daniel 9:24; 2 Chronicles 36:21
- 35 Numbers 23:19; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Numbers 26:65; Hebrews 3:19; 1 Corinthians 10:11
- 36 Numbers 13:31–33; Numbers 13:4–16
- 37 1 Corinthians 10:10; Numbers 16:49; Numbers 14:12; Hebrews 3:17; Jeremiah 29:32
- 38 Joshua 14:6–10; Numbers 26:65
- 39 Exodus 33:4; Hebrews 12:17; Proverbs 19:3; Matthew 8:12; Isaiah 26:16
- 40 Deuteronomy 1:41; Matthew 7:21–23; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Luke 13:25; Matthew 26:11–12
- 41 2 Chronicles 24:20; Numbers 14:25; Job 4:9; Jeremiah 2:37; Jeremiah 32:5
- 42 Deuteronomy 1:42; Joshua 7:12; Joshua 7:8; Psalm 44:1–11
- 43 2 Chronicles 15:2; Numbers 13:29; Numbers 14:25; Judges 16:20; Hosea 9:12
- 44 Deuteronomy 1:43; 1 Samuel 4:3–11; Numbers 10:33; Numbers 31:6; Numbers 15:30
- 45 Numbers 21:3; Judges 1:17; Deuteronomy 1:44; Numbers 14:43; Joshua 7:5
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Those, doubtless, who do believe God, and who have continued in His love; as did Caleb [the son] of Jephunneh and Joshua [the son] of Nun, and innocent children, who have had no sense of evil.