Numbers 14:16

New King James Version

‘Because the Lord was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’

Cross References

Exodus 32:12

Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this harm to Your people.

Numbers 14:17

And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,

Deuteronomy 9:28

lest the land from which You brought us should say, “Because the Lord was not able to bring them to the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”

Joshua 7:7

And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord God, why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!

Joshua 7:9

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”