Numbers 14

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Numbers 14

1And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night.Καὶ ἀναλαβοῦσα πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγὴ, ἐνέδωκε φωνήν· καὶ ἔκλαιεν ὁ λαὸς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην.

2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them,Καὶ διεγόγγυζον ἐπὶ Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτοὺς πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγὴ,

3Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.Ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἢ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ, εἰ ἀπεθάνομεν· καὶ ἱνατί Κύριος εἰσάγει ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην πεσεῖν ἐν πολέμῳ; αἱ γυναῖκες ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ παιδία ἔσονται εἰς διαρπαγήν· νῦν οὖν βέλτιόν ἐστιν ἀποστραφῆναι εἰς Αἴγυπτον.

4And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt.Καὶ εἶπαν ἕτερος τῷ ἑτέρῳ, δῶμεν ἀρχηγὸν, καὶ ἀποστρέψωμεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.

5And Moses and Aaron fell upon their face before all the congregation of the children of Israel.Καὶ ἔπεσε Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐναντίον πάσης συναγωγῆς υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.

6But Joshua the son of Naue, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, of the number of them that spied out the land, tore their garments,Ἰησοῦς δὲ ὁ τοῦ Ναυὴ, καὶ Χάλεβ ὁ τοῦ Ἰεφοννὴ τῶν κατασκεψαμένων τὴν γῆν, διέῤῥηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν,

7and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good.καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, λέγοντες, ἡ γῆ ἣν κατεσκεψάμεθα αὐτὴν, ἀγαθή ἐστι σφόδρα σφόδρα.

8If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey.Εἰ αἱρετίζει ἡμᾶς Κύριος, εἰσάξει ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καὶ δώσει αὐτὴν ἡμῖν· γῆ ἥτις ἐστὶ ῥέουσα γάλα καὶ μέλι.

9Only depart not from the Lord; and fear you not the people of the land, for they are meat for us; for the season of prosperity is departed from them, but the Lord is among us: fear them not.Ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου μὴ ἀποστάται γίνεσθε· ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ φοβηθῆτε τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς, ὅτι κατάβρωμα ὑμῖν ἐστιν· ἀφέστηκε γὰρ ὁ καιρὸς ἀπʼ αὐτῶν· ὁ δὲ Κύριος ἐν ἡμῖν· μὴ φοβηθήτε αὐτούς.

10And all the congregation bade stone them with stones; and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to all the children of Israel.Καὶ εἶπε πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγὴ καταλιθοβολῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἐν λίθοις· καὶ ἡ δόξα Κυρίου ὤφθη ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου πᾶσι τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.

11And the Lord said to Moses, How long does this people provoke me? and how long do they * refuse to believe me for all the signs which I have wrought among them?Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ἕως τίνος παροξύνει με ὁ λαὸς οὗτος; καὶ ἕως τίνος οὐ πιστεύουσί μοι ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς σημείοις, οἷς ἐποίησα ἐν αὐτοῖς;

12I will strike them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of you and of your father's house a great nation, and much greater than this.Πατάξω αὐτοὺς θανάτῳ, καὶ ἀπολῶ αὐτούς· καὶ ποιήσω σε καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου εἰς ἔθνος μέγα, καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦτο.

13And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for you have brought up this people from them by your might.Καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἀκούσεται Αἴγυπτος, ὅτι ἀνήγαγες τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ἐξ αὐτῶν.

14Moreover all the dwellers upon this land have heard that you are Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, are seen by them face to face, and your cloud rests upon them, and you go before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire.Ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ταύτης ἀκηκόασιν, ὅτι σὺ εἶ Κύριος ἐν τῷ λαῷ τούτῷ, ὅστις ὀφθαλμοῖς κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὀπτάζῃ Κύριε, καὶ ἡ νεφέλη σου ἐφέστηκεν ἐπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης σὺ πορεύῃ πρότερος αὐτῶν τὴν ἡμέραν, καὶ ἐν στύλῳ πυρὸς τὴν νύκτα.

15And if you shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard your name shall speak, saying,Καὶ ἐκτρίψεις τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ὡσεὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα· καὶ ἐροῦσι τὰ ἔθνη ὅσοι ἀκηκόασι τὸ ὄνομά σου, λέγοντες,

16Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which he swore to them, he has overthrown them in the wilderness.παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι Κύριον εἰσαγαγεῖν τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσεν αὐτοῖς, κατέστρωσεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

17And now, O Lord, let your strength be exalted, as you spoke, saying,Καὶ νῦν ὑψωθήτω ἡ ἰσχύς σου Κύριε, ὃν τρόπον εἶπας, λέγων,

18The Lord is longsuffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.Κύριος μακρόθυμος, καὶ πολυέλεος, καὶ ἀληθινὸς, ἀφαιρῶν ἀνομίας καὶ ἀδικίας καὶ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ καθαρισμῷ οὐ καθαριεῖ τὸν ἔνοχον, ἀποδιδοὺς ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα ἕως τρίτης καὶ τετάρτης γενεᾶς.

19Forgive this people their sin according to your great mercy, as you were favourable to them from Egypt until now.Ἄφες τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καθάπερ ἵλεως ἐγένου αὐτοῖς ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου ἕως τοῦ νῦν.

20And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to your word.Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ἵλεως αὐτοῖς εἰμι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου.

21But as I live and my name is living, so the glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth.Ἀλλὰ ζῶ ἐγὼ καὶ ζῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου, καὶ ἐμπλήσει ἡ δόξα Κυρίου πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν.

22For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not listened to my voice,Ὅτι πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ὁρώντες τὴν δόξαν μου, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίησα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἐπείρασάν με τοῦτο δέκατον, καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς μου,

23surely they shall not see the land, which I swore to their fathers; but their children which are with me here, as many as know not good or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them will I give the land; but none who have provoked me shall see it.ἦ μὴν οὐκ ὄψονται τὴν γῆν, ἣν ὤμοσα τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν· ἀλλʼ ἢ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἅ ἐστι μετʼ ἐμοῦ ὧδε, ὅσοι οὐκ οἴδασιν ἀγαθὸν οὐδὲ κακὸν, πᾶς νεώτερος ἄπειρος, τούτοις δώσω τὴν γῆν· πάντες δὲ οἱ παροξύναντές με, οὐκ ὄψονται αὐτήν.

24But my servant Chaleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.Ὁ δὲ παῖς μου Χάλεβ, ὅτι πνεῦμα ἕτερον ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐπηκολούθησέ μοι, εἰσάξω αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν γῆν εἰς ἣν εἰσῆλθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ κληρονομήσει αὐτήν.

25But Amalec and the Chananite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.Ὁ δὲ Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ὁ Χαναναῖος κατοικοῦσιν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι· αὔριον ἐπιστράφητε καὶ ἀπάρατε ὑμεῖς εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ὁδὸν θάλασσαν ἐρυθρᾶν.

26And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν, λέγων,

27How long shall I endure this wicked congregation? I have heard their murmurings against me, even the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you.ἕως τίνος τὴν συναγωγὴν τὴν πονηρὰν ταύτην; ἅ αὐτοὶ γογγύζουσιν ἐναντίον μου, τὴν γόγγυσιν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ἣν ἐγόγγυσαν περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀκήκοα.

28Say to them, As I live, says the Lord: surely as you spoke into my ears, so will I do to you.Εἶπον αὐτοῖς, ζῶ ἐγὼ, λέγει Κύριος· ἦ μὴν ὃν τρόπον λελαλήκατε εἰς τὰ ὦτά μου, οὕτω ποιήσω ὑμῖν.

29Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all those of you that were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, all that murmured against me,Ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ πεσεῖται τὰ κῶλα ὑμῶν· καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἐπισκοπὴ ὑμῶν, καὶ οἱ κατηριθμημένοι ὑμῶν ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω, ὅσοι ἐγόγγυσαν ἐπʼ ἐμοί·

30you shall not enter into the land for which I stretched out my hand to establish you upon it; except only Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the son of Naue.εἰ ὑμεῖς εἰσελεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐφʼ ἣν ἐξέτεινα τὴν χεῖρά μου κατασκηνῶσαι ὑμᾶς ἐπʼ αὐτῆς· ἀλλʼ ἢ Χάλεβ υἱὸς Ἰεφοννὴ, καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυὴ.

31And your little ones, who you said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, † which you rejected.Καὶ τὰ παιδία, ἃ εἴπατε ἐν διαρπαγῇ ἔσεσθαι, εἰσάξω αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν· καὶ κληρονομήσουσι τὴν γῆν, ἣν ὑμεῖς ἁπέστητε ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.

32And your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.Καὶ τὰ κῶλα ὑμῶν πεσεῖται ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ.

33And your sons shall be fed in the wilderness forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until your carcasses be consumed in the wilderness.Οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἔσονται νεμόμενοι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη· καὶ ἀνοίσουσι τὴν πορνείαν ὑμῶν, ἕως ἂν ἀναλωθῇ τὰ κῶλα ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,

34According to the number of the days during which you spied the land, forty days, a day for a year, you shall bear your sins forty years, and you shall know my fierce anger.κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν ὅσας κατεσκέψασθε τὴν γῆν, τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας, ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, λήμψεσθε τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη· καὶ γνώσεσθε τὸν θυμὸν τῆς ὀργῆς μου.

35I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation ‡ that has risen up together against me: in this wilderness they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die.Ἐγὼ Κύριος ἐλάλησα, ἦ μὴν οὕτω ποιήσω τῇ συναγωγῇ τῇ πονηρᾷ ταύτῃ, τῇ ἐπισυνισταμένῃ ἐπʼ ἐμέ· ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτη ἐξαναλωθήσονται, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀποθανοῦνται.

36And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and murmured against it to the assembly so as to bring out evil words concerning the land, —Καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὓς ἀπέστειλεν Μωυσῆς κατασκέψασθαι τὴν γῆν, καὶ παραγενηθέντες διεγόγγυσαν κατʼ αὐτῆς πρὸς τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐξενέγκαι ῥήματα πονηρὰ περὶ τῆς γῆς,

37the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord.καὶ ἀπέθανον οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ κατείπαντες πονηρὰ κατὰ τῆς γῆς ἐν τῇ πληγῇ ἔναντι Κυρίου.

38And Joshua the son of Naue and Chaleb the son of Jephonne still lived of those men that went to spy out the land.Καὶ Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Ναυὴ καὶ Χάλεβ υἱὸς Ἰεφοννὴ ἔζησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐκείνων τῶν πεπορευμένων κατασκέψασθαι τὴν γῆν.

39And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly.Καὶ ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆς τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα πρὸς πάντας υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐπενθησεν ὁ λαὸς σφόδρα.

40And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we § that are here will go up to the place of which the Lord has spoken, because we have sinned.Καὶ ὀρθρίσαντες τοπρωῒ ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ ὄρους, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ, οἵδε ἡμεῖς ἀναβησόμεθα εἰς τὸν τόπον ὃν εἶπε Κύριος, ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν.

41And Moses said, Why do you transgress the word of the Lord? you shall not prosper.Καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς, ἱνατί ὑμεῖς παραβαίνετε τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου; οὐκ εὔοδα ἔσται ὑμῖν.

42Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall you fall before the face of your enemies.Μὴ ἀναβαίνετε, οὐ γάρ ἐστι Κύριος μεθʼ ὑμῶν· καὶ πεσεῖσθε πρὸ προσώπου τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν.

43For Amalec and the Chananite are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be among you.Ὅτι ὁ Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ὁ Χαναναῖος ἐκεῖ ἔμπροσθεν ὑμῶν, καὶ πεσεῖσθε μαχαίρᾳ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἀπεστράφητε ἀπειθοῦντες Κυρίῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται Κύριος ἐν ὑμῖν.

44And having forced their passage, they went up to the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses stirred not out of the camp.Καὶ διαβιασάμενοι, ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ ὄρους· ἡ δὲ κιβωτὸς τῆς διαθήκης Κυρίου καὶ Μωυσῆς οὐκ ἐκινήθησαν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς.

45And Amalec and the Chananite that lived in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them to Herman; and they returned to the camp.Καὶ κατέβη ὁ Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ὁ Χαναναῖος ὁ ἐνκαθήμενος ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐκείνῳ, καὶ ἐτρέψαντο αὐτοὺς, καὶ κατέκοψαν αὐτοὺς ἕως Ἑρμάν· καὶ ἀπεστράφησαν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 11*Gr. not believe me.
• v. 31†Gr. from which you turned away.
• v. 35‡See ἐπισύστασις 2. Cor 11:28.
• v. 40§Gr. these men.