Numbers 14:34

New Century Version

For forty years you will suffer for your sins—a year for each of the forty days you explored the land. You will know me as your enemy.’

Cross References

1 Kings 8:56

“Praise the Lord! He promised he would give rest to his people Israel, and he has given us rest. The Lord has kept all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.

2 Chronicles 36:21

And so what the Lord had told Israel through the prophet Jeremiah happened: The country was an empty wasteland for seventy years to make up for the years of Sabbath rest that the people had not kept.

Psalm 105:42

He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.

Psalm 38:4

My guilt has overwhelmed me; like a load it weighs me down.

Psalm 77:8

Is his love gone forever? Has he stopped speaking for all time?

Psalm 95:10

I was angry with those people for forty years. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.’

Ezekiel 14:10

The prophet will be as guilty as the one who asks him for help; both will be responsible for their guilt.

Ezekiel 23:35

“So this is what the Lord God says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sexual sins.”

Ezekiel 4:5

I have given you the same number of days as the years of the people’s sin. So you will have the guilt of Israel’s sin on you for three hundred ninety days.

Ezekiel 4:6

“After you have finished these three hundred ninety days, lie down a second time, on your right side. You will then have the guilt of Judah on you. I will give it to you for forty days, a day for each year of their sin.

Daniel 9:24

“God has ordered four hundred ninety years for your people and your holy city for these reasons: to stop people from turning against God; to put an end to sin; to take away evil; to bring in goodness that continues forever; to bring about the vision and prophecy; and to appoint a most holy place.

Hosea 9:12

But even if the Israelites bring up children, I will take them all away. How terrible it will be for them when I go away from them!

Leviticus 20:19

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, because that would shame a close relative. Both of you are guilty of this sin.

Zechariah 11:10

Then I broke the stick named Pleasant to break the agreement God made with all the nations.

Numbers 13:25

After forty days of exploring the land, the men returned to the camp.

Numbers 18:23

Only the Levites should work in the Meeting Tent and be responsible for any sins against it. This is a rule from now on. The Levites will not inherit any land among the other Israelites,

Numbers 32:13

“The Lord was angry with Israel, so he made them wander in the desert for forty years. Finally all the people who had sinned against the Lord died,

Acts 13:18

And he was patient with them for forty years in the desert.

Deuteronomy 2:7

The Lord your God has blessed everything you have done; he has protected you while you traveled through this great desert. The Lord your God has been with you for the past forty years, and you have had everything you needed.

Hebrews 4:1

Now, since God has left us the promise that we may enter his rest, let us be very careful so none of you will fail to enter.

Joshua 14:10

“Now then, the Lord has kept his promise. He has kept me alive for forty-five years from the time he said this to Moses during the time we all wandered in the desert. Now here I am, eighty-five years old.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, and they will be dressed in rough cloth to show their sadness.”

1 Samuel 2:30

“So the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I promised that your family and your ancestor’s family would serve me always.’ But now the Lord says: ‘This must stop! I will honor those who honor me, but I will dishonor those who ignore me.