Numbers - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 143

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26 28 33 upon their chiidrcn to the third and the fourth generation} Forgive, now, the passion of this people ;—~for Your Mercy is great, and as You have endured these people from Mitzer until now} Then the EvER·L1v1NG replied,

‘ I will forgive, as you request ;—·-for I L1v.¤.: Fon Evmz, and the Majesty of the EVER-L1v1No will till the whole earth. However all the men who have seen My Majesty, and the wonders that I effected amongst the Mitzeraim, and in the Wilderness, yet have revolted from Me these ten times and not listened to My Voice, they shall not see the land which I

promised to their fathers,——that is, all who despised Me, shall not see it. But I except My servant Kaleb. His spirit was steadfast in him, and he was perfect after Me, therefore he shall arrive at the country where he went and his posterity shall inherit it.' Wiz Waruzlitzz itztrrnt. However, as the Amalekites and

the Cananites occupied the valley, on the nextday they turned face and retreated from them towards the Wildernessleading to the Sea. of Sui`. unisbmznt fur tbz ilriwlt irznuzmczh. There jnuovnx spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying; ‘For how long shall I hear the

complaints of this vile mob com- plaining against Me? These com- plaints of the children of Israel that they murmur against Me? Say to them, ‘As I live, says ]EHOvAH, according to their demand to My ears, I will do to them! In this desert their corpses shall fall with all their officers and rulers, from the age of twenty years and upwards, who complained against Me. They shall not arrive at the country that I raised My hand to lead them into, except Kaieb the son of jephunah, and joshua the son of Nun. But their children which they said would be enslaved, I will bring in, and they shall see the country which you despised ; but your corpses shall fall in this desert, and your sons shall be

'1`he Sea of Weeds}

Not the main sea, but only the shallows at the head of the Gulf of Suez, as the whole history seems to indicate.·~—F. F. scattered in the desert forty years, for you shall carry your whoredom until your bodies sink in the desert. By 34 the number of the days when you should have been examining the country;-forty days,···~a year for a day, a year for a day, you shall carry your crimes,——forty years. Thus shall you recognize your rebellion. I, the Evan-1.1v1NG, have declared I will do this, to all this vile mob, who revolted against Me in this desert.——-They shall perish there.-They shall die! And the men whom Moses sent to spy the country, and who returned and complained about it, the whole of that band shall become dung upon the earth ! Those men shall die who reported bad of the land, to fight againstthe Evan-Lxvmo. Yetjoshua the son of Nun, and Kaleb the son of jephunah, shall live from among those who went to survey the country! 35 37

dbz Zsrazlitrs hrmmth s §att1z, init tbz §maIrl~tiizs iwfcut Quran!.

And Moses repeated these words

to all the children of Israel, and the People mourned greatly. At the morning, however, they arose to go up to the top of the hill, crying, ‘ Here we are ! Let us go up to the place which the EvEn·1.1v1NG said, for we have sinned} What is this?

You transgress the command of ]EHOvAH,—~—and He is not pleased. You shall not go up ;—··t“or the EVER- L1v1No is not with you, so you will be defeated before your enemies, for the Amalekites and Cananites are before you, and they will defeat you by the sword, because you have deserted from the EVER-LIVING, and ]aHovAH is not with you.’ They, however, arrogan tly ascended

to the top of the hill ; but the Ark of the Covenant of the EVER-LIVING and Moses did not move from the camp.--So the Amalekites and the Cananites who were encarnped upon the hill, charged down and repulsed them, and pursued them as far as the valley. Ely: isms nf Qurridrzs mth Gbdrrings. Afterwards the Eva R—L1v1NG spoke to Moses commanding; ‘ Speak to the children of Israel and say to them; 39 43 44 45 15