Numbers 14:22

New International Reader's Version

And here is what you can be just as sure of. Not one of these people will see the land I promised to give them. They have seen my glory. They have seen the signs I did in Egypt. And they have seen what I did in the desert. But they did not obey me. And they have tested me ten times.

Cross References

Genesis 31:41

That’s what it was like for the 20 years I was living with you. I worked for 14 years to marry your two daughters. I worked for six years to get my share of your flocks. You changed my pay ten times.

Genesis 31:7

But your father has cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. In spite of everything that’s happened, God hasn’t let him harm me.

Job 19:3

You have already accused me many times. You have attacked me without feeling any shame.

Psalm 106:14

In the desert they longed for food. In that dry and empty land they tested God.

Psalm 106:26

So he lifted up his hand and promised that he would make them die in the desert.

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God. They made the Holy One of Israel sad and angry.

Exodus 14:11

They said to Moses, “Why did you bring us to the desert to die? Weren’t there any graves in Egypt? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 15:24

The people told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, “What are we supposed to drink?”

Exodus 16:2

In the desert the whole community told Moses and Aaron they weren’t happy with them.

Exodus 17:2

So they argued with Moses. They said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied, “Why are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the Lord?”

Exodus 17:3

But the people were thirsty for water there. So they told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt? Did you want us, our children and our livestock to die of thirst?”

Exodus 17:7

Moses called the place Massah and Meribah. That’s because the people of Israel argued with him there. They also tested the Lord. They asked, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Exodus 32:1

The people saw that Moses took a long time to come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron. They said to him, “Come. Make us a god that will lead us. This fellow Moses brought us up out of Egypt. But we don’t know what has happened to him.”

Exodus 5:21

They said to Moses and Aaron, “We want the Lord to look at what you have done! We want him to judge you for it! We are like a very bad smell to Pharaoh and his officials. You have given them an excuse to kill us with their swords.”

Isaiah 42:20

Israel, you have seen many things. But you do not pay any attention to me. Your ears are open. But you do not listen to anything I say.”

Daniel 1:20

He asked them for advice in matters that required wisdom and understanding. The king always found their answers to be the best. Other men in his kingdom claimed to get knowledge by using magic. But the answers of Daniel and his friends were ten times better than theirs.

Malachi 3:15

But now we call proud people blessed. Things go well with those who do what is evil. And God doesn’t even punish those who test him.’ ”

Numbers 11:1

The people weren’t happy about the hard times they were having. The Lord heard what they were saying. It made him very angry. Then the Lord sent fire on them. It blazed out among the people. It burned up some of the outer edges of the camp.

Numbers 11:4

Some people with them began to wish for other food. Again the Israelites began to cry out. They said, “We wish we had meat to eat.

Numbers 12:1

Miriam and Aaron began to say bad things about Moses. That’s because Moses had married a woman from Cush.

Numbers 14:11

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people not respect me? How long will they refuse to believe in me? They refuse even though I have done many signs among them.

Numbers 14:2

The Israelites spoke against Moses and Aaron. The whole community said to them, “We wish we had died in Egypt or even in this desert.

Numbers 32:12

But not one of the people who came up out of Egypt will see the land except Caleb and Joshua. Caleb is the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite. And Joshua is the son of Nun. They will see the land. They followed the Lord with their whole heart.’

Matthew 4:7

Jesus answered him, “It is also written, ‘Do not test the Lord your God.’ ” (Deuteronomy 6:16)

1 Corinthians 10:5

But God was not pleased with most of them. Their bodies were scattered in the desert.

1 Corinthians 10:9

We should not test the Messiah, as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.

Deuteronomy 9:7

Here is something you must remember. Never forget it. You made the Lord your God angry in the desert. You refused to obey him from the day you left Egypt until you arrived here.

Hebrews 3:9

There your people of long ago tested me. Yet for 40 years they saw what I did.