Numbers 14:3 KJV
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Words Then and Now
- wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- The people murmur at the account of the spiesThose who do not trust God, continually vex themselves. The sorrow of the world worketh death. The Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and in them...
Thompson Chains
- Faint-heartedLink 2 of 6 · next Deuteronomy 1:28
Parallel Passages
- Nehemiah 9:17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Numbers 14:31–32 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. …
- Psalms 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
- Jeremiah 9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
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Topics
- Aaron Murmured against, by the people
- Apostasy Israelites
- Cowardice In fearing to attempt the conquest of Canaan
- Disobedience to God In refusing to enter the promised land
- Government Refused to make conquest of Canaan
- Israel Complaining over the report
- Moses People complain against Moses and Aaron
- Murmuring Israelites
- Trouble When the spies brought their adverse report
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1490 BC · The Spies Sent from Kadesh-barnea
Places
- EgyptRegion · today Ain Shams · Location well established
- Places in Numbers 14 on a map
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And wherefore hath the LORD וְלָמָה wĕlāmâ Interrogative · with and, preposition יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- brought מֵבִיא mēbîʾ בּוֹא Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular
- us unto this land אֹתָנוּ ʾōtānû Object marker · with suffix: first person common plural אֶל ʾel Preposition הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- to fall לִנְפֹּל linpōl נָפַל Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition יִהְיוּ yihyû Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- by the sword בַּחֶרֶב baḥereb חֶרֶב Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
- that our wives הַזֹּאת hazzōʾt Pronoun · with the נָשֵׁינוּ nāšênû אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common plural
- and our children וְטַפֵּנוּ wĕṭappēnû טַף Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: first person common plural
- should be a prey לָבַז lābaz בַּז Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- were it not better הֲלוֹא hălôʾ Negative · with question טוֹב ṭôb טוֹב Adjective · masculine singular
- for us to return לָנוּ lānû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural שׁוּב šûb שׁוּב Verb · qal infinitive construct
- into Egypt מִצְרָיְמָה miṣrāyĕmâ מִצְרַיִם Proper name · with ending: toward
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