Numbers 14 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
1 ENTONCES toda la congregación alzaron [grita], y dieron voces: y el pueblo lloró aquella noche.
1 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them: 'Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would we had died in this wilderness!
2 Y quejáronse contra Moisés y contra Aarón todos los hijos de Israel; y díjoles toda la multitud: ¡Ojalá muriéramos en la tierra de Egipto; ó en este desierto ojalá muriéramos!
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 And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return into Egypt?'
3 ¿Y por qué nos trae Jehová á esta tierra para caer á cuchillo, y que nuestras mujeres y nuestros chiquitos sean por presa? ¿no nos sería mejor volvernos á 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 And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.'
4 Y decían el uno al otro: Hagamos un capitán, y volvámonos á Egipto.
4 They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
5 Entonces Moisés y Aarón cayeron sobre sus rostros delante de toda la multitud de la congregación de los hijos de Israel.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes.
6 Y Josué hijo de Nun, y Caleb hijo de Jephone, que eran de los que habían reconocido la tierra, rompieron sus vestidos;
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 And they spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 'The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.
7 Y hablaron á toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, diciendo: La tierra por donde pasamos para reconocerla, es tierra en gran manera 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 If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it unto us — a land which floweth with milk and honey.
8 Si Jehová se agradare de nosotros, [él] nos meterá en esta tierra, y nos la entregará; tierra que fluye leche y 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 Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.'
9 Por tanto, no seáis rebeldes contra Jehová, ni temáis al pueblo de aquesta tierra, porque nuestro pan son: su amparo se ha apartado de ellos, y con nosotros está Jehová: no los temáis.
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 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones, when the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.
10 Entonces toda la multitud habló de apedrearlos con piedras. Mas la gloria de Jehová se mostró en el tabernáculo del testimonio á todos los hijos de Israel.
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 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long will this people despise Me? and how long will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
11 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: ¿Hasta cuándo me ha de irritar este pueblo? ¿hasta cuándo no me ha de creer con todas las señales que he hecho en medio de 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 I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'
12 Yo le heriré de mortandad, y lo destruiré, y á ti te pondré sobre gente 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 And Moses said unto the LORD: 'When the Egyptians shall hear — for Thou broughtest up this people in Thy might from among them —
13 Y Moisés respondió á Jehová: Oiránlo luego los Egipcios, porque de en medio de ellos sacaste á este pueblo con tu fortaleza:
13 Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them.
14 they will say to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that Thou LORD art in the midst of this people; inasmuch as Thou LORD art seen face to face, and Thy cloud standeth over them, and Thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night;
14 Y lo dirán á los habitadores de esta tierra; [los cuales] han oído que tú, oh Jehová, estabas en medio de este pueblo, que ojo á ojo aparecías tú, oh Jehová, y que tu nube estaba sobre ellos, y que de día ibas delante de ellos en columna de nube, y de noche en columna de fuego:
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 now if Thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying:
15 Y que has hecho morir á este pueblo como á un hombre: y las gentes que hubieren oído tu fama hablarán, diciendo:
15 Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.
16 Porque no pudo Jehová meter este pueblo en la tierra de la cual les había jurado, 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 And now, I pray Thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying:
17 Ahora, pues, yo te ruego que sea magnificada la fortaleza del Señor, como lo hablaste, diciendo:
17 Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
18 The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
18 Jehová, tardo de ira y grande en misericordia, que perdona la iniquidad y la rebelión, y absolviendo no absolverá al [culpado]; que visita la maldad de los padres sobre los hijos hasta los terceros y hasta los cuartos.
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 Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.'
19 Perdona ahora la iniquidad de este pueblo según la grandeza de tu misericordia, y como has perdonado á este pueblo desde Egipto hasta aquí.
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 And the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word.
20 Entonces Jehová dijo: yo lo he perdonado conforme á tu dicho:
20 Yahweh said, “I have pardoned according to your word;
21 But in very deed, as I live — and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD —
21 Mas, ciertamente vivo yo y mi gloria hinche toda la tierra,
21 but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory—
22 surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice;
22 Que todos los que vieron mi gloria y mis señales que he hecho en Egipto y en el desierto, y me han tentado ya diez veces, y no han oído 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 surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it.
23 No verán la tierra de la cual juré á sus padres: no, ninguno de los que me han irritado 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 But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
24 Empero mi siervo Caleb, por cuanto hubo en él otro espíritu, y cumplió de ir en pos de mí, yo le meteré en la tierra donde entró, y su simiente la recibirá en heredad.
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 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'
25 Ahora bien, el Amalecita y el Cananeo habitan en el valle; volveos mañana, y partíos al desierto, camino del mar Bermejo.
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 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
26 Y Jehová habló á Moisés y á Aarón, diciendo:
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
27 'How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring against Me.
27 ¿Hasta cuándo oiré esta depravada multitud que murmura contra mí, las querellas de los hijos de Israel, que de mí se quejan?
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 Say unto them: As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you:
28 Diles: Vivo yo, dice Jehová, que según habéis hablado á mis oídos, así haré yo con vosotros:
28 Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you.
29 your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, ye that have murmured against Me;
29 En este desierto caerán vuestros cuerpos; todos vuestros contados según toda vuestra cuenta, de veinte años arriba, los cuales habéis murmurado 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 surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
30 Vosotros á la verdad no entraréis en la tierra, por la cual alcé mi mano de haceros habitar en ella; exceptuando á Caleb hijo de Jephone, y á 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 But your little ones, that ye said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.
31 Mas vuestros chiquitos, de los cuales dijisteis que serían por presa, yo los introduciré, y ellos conocerán la tierra que vosotros despreciasteis.
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 But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.
32 Y en cuanto á vosotros, vuestros cuerpos caerán en este desierto.
32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your strayings, until your carcasses be consumed in the wilderness.
33 Y vuestros hijos andarán pastoreando en el desierto cuarenta años, y ellos llevarán vuestras fornicaciones, hasta que vuestros cuerpos sean consumidos 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 After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure.
34 Conforme al número de los días, [de los] cuarenta días en que reconocisteis la tierra, llevaréis vuestras iniquidades cuarenta años, un año por cada día; y conoceréis mi castigo.
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 I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against Me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.'
35 Yo Jehová he hablado; así haré á toda esta multitud perversa que se ha juntado contra mí; en este desierto serán consumidos, y ahí 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 And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who, when they returned, made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,
36 Y los varones que Moisés envió á reconocer la tierra, y vueltos habían hecho murmurar contra él á toda la congregación, desacreditando aquel país,
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 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
37 Aquellos varones que habían hablado mal de la tierra, murieron de plaga delante de Jehová.
37 even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
38 Mas Josué hijo de Nun, y Caleb hijo de Jephone, quedaron con vida de entre aquellos hombres que habían ido á reconocer la tierra.
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 And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel; and the people mourned greatly.
39 Y Moisés dijo estas cosas á todos los hijos de Israel, y el pueblo se enlutó mucho.
39 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
40 And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the mountain, saying: 'Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised; for we have sinned.'
40 Y levantáronse por la mañana, y subieron á la cumbre del monte, diciendo: Henos aquí para subir al lugar del cual ha hablado Jehová; porque hemos pecado.
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 And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?
41 Y dijo Moisés: ¿Por qué quebrantáis el dicho de Jehová? Esto tampoco os sucederá bien.
41 Moses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper?
42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.
42 No subáis, porque Jehová no está en medio de vosotros, no seáis heridos delante de vuestros enemigos.
42 Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies.
43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; forasmuch as ye are turned back from following the LORD, and the LORD will not be with you.'
43 Porque el Amalecita y el Cananeo están allí delante de vosotros, y caeréis á cuchillo: pues por cuanto os habéis retraído de seguir á Jehová, por eso no será Jehová con vosotros.
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 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain; nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
44 Sin embargo, se obstinaron en subir á la cima del monte: mas el arca de la alianza de Jehová, y Moisés, no se apartaron de en medio del campo.
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 Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
45 Y descendieron el Amalecita y el Cananeo, que habitaban en aquel monte, é hiriéronlos y derrotáronlos, [persiguiéndolos] hasta Horma.
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)
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- 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.