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        <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="PRO.15">
            <div class="label">15</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A gentle answer turns away wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">but a harsh word stirs up anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">keeping watch on the wicked and the good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The soothing tongue is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A fool spurns a parent&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The house of the righteous contains great treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">but the income of the wicked brings ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The lips of the wise spread knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">but the hearts of fools are not upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the sacrifice of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">but the prayer of the upright pleases him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the way of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">but he loves those who pursue righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">the one who hates correction will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Death and Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> lie open before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">how much more do human hearts!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Mockers resent correction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">so they avoid the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A happy heart makes the face cheerful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">but heartache crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The discerning heart seeks knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the days of the oppressed are wretched,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Better a little with the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">than great wealth with turmoil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Better a small serving of vegetables with love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">than a fattened calf with hatred.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">but the path of the upright is a highway.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A wise son brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">but a foolish man despises his mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Folly brings joy to one who has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">but whoever has understanding keeps a straight course.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Plans fail for lack of counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">but with many advisers they succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A person finds joy in giving an apt reply&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">and how good is a timely word!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The path of life leads upward for the prudent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tears down the house of the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">but he sets the widow&#8217;s boundary stones in place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the thoughts of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">but gracious words are pure in his sight.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The greedy bring ruin to their households,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">but the one who hates bribes will live.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is far from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">but he hears the prayer of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Light in a messenger&#8217;s eyes brings joy to the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">and good news gives health to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever heeds life-giving correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">will be at home among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom&#8217;s instruction is to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="content">and humility comes before honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="NUM.13">
            <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Exploring Canaan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So at the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These are their names:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.13.4"><span class="content">from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, &#8220;Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.&#8221; (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:23 </span><span class="fq">Eshkol </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">cluster</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 24.</span></span></span><span class="content"> they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Report on the Exploration</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They gave Moses this account: &#8220;We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.13.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, &#8220;We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.13.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But the men who had gone up with him said, &#8220;We can&#8217;t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, &#8220;The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The People Rebel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, &#8220;If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Why is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn&#8217;t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And they said to each other, &#8220;We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and said to the entire Israelite assembly, &#8220;The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Only do not rebel against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with us. Do not be afraid of them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Moses said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are with these people and that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now may the Lord&#8217;s strength be displayed, just as you have declared: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied, &#8220;I have forgiven them, as you asked. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> fills the whole earth, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So tell them, &#8216;As surely as I live, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">In this wilderness your bodies will fall&#8212;every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But as for you, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For forty years&#8212;one year for each of the forty days you explored the land&#8212;you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.14.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.14.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.14.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.14.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.14.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.14.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.14.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country, saying, &#8220;Now we are ready to go up to the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised. Surely we have sinned!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.14.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.14.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">But Moses said, &#8220;Why are you disobeying the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command? This will not succeed! </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.14.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Do not go up, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.14.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.14.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.14.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s covenant moved from the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.14.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.</span></span></div>
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