Numbers 14:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land.

Cross References

Exodus 32:12

Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

Numbers 14:17

So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:

Deuteronomy 9:28

Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.

Joshua 7:7

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

Joshua 7:9

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?