Numbers 14:16

New American Bible - revised edition

‘The Lord was not able to bring this people into the land he swore to give them; that is why he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Cross References

Exodus 32:12

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent he brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning wrath; change your mind about punishing your people.

Numbers 14:17

Now then, may my Lord’s forbearance be great, even as you have said,

Deuteronomy 9:28

lest the land from which you have brought us say, “The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he promised them, and out of hatred for them, he brought them out to let them die in the wilderness.”

Joshua 7:7

“Alas, Lord God,” Joshua prayed, “why did you ever allow this people to cross over the Jordan, delivering us into the power of the Amorites, that they might destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan.

Joshua 7:9

When the Canaanites and the other inhabitants of the land hear of it, they will close in around us and efface our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”