I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
Numbers 14:22 - Easy To Read Version None of the people I led out of Egypt will ever see the land of Canaan. Those people saw my glory and the great signs that I did in Egypt. And they saw the great things that I did in the desert. But they disobeyed me and tested me ten times. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because all those men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tested and proved Me these ten times and have not heeded My voice, American Standard Version (1901) because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Common English Bible none of the men who saw my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the desert, but tested me these ten times and haven’t listened to my voice, Catholic Public Domain Version And yet, all the men who have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who have tested me ten times already, and yet have not obeyed my voice, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet all the men that have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now ten times, and have not obeyed my voice, |
I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
But your father cheated me. Your father has changed my pay ten times. But during all this time, God protected me from all of Laban’s tricks.
You have insulted me ten times now.\par You show no shame when you attack me!\par
Our ancestors became hungry in the desert.\par And they tested God in the wilderness.\par
Again and again those people\par tested God’s patience.\par They really hurt the Holy One of Israel.\par
They said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Why did you bring us out here in the desert to die? We could have died peacefully in Egypt—there were plenty of graves in Egypt.
The people began complaining to Moses. The people said, “Now what will we drink?”
Then the people of Israel began complaining again. They complained to Moses and Aaron in the desert.
So the people turned against Moses and started arguing with him. The people said, “Give us water to drink.”
But the people were very thirsty for water. So they continued complaining to Moses. The people said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Did you bring us out here so that we, our children, and our cattle will all die without water?”
Moses named that place Meribah [116] and Massah, [117] because this was the place that the people of Israel turned against him and tested the Lord. The people wanted to know if the Lord was with them or not.
The people saw that a long time had passed and Moses had not come down from the mountain. So the people gathered around Aaron. They said to him, “Look, Moses led us out of the land of Egypt. But we don’t know what has happened to him. So make us some gods to go before us and lead us.”
So they said to Moses and Aaron, “You really made a mistake when you told Pharaoh to let us go. May the Lord punish you because you caused Pharaoh and his rulers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”
My servant sees what he should do,\par but he does not obey me.\par He can hear with his ears,\par but he refuses to listen to me.”\par
Every time the king asked them about something important, they showed much wisdom and understanding. The king found they were ten times better than all the magic men and wise men in his kingdom.
We think proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They do bad things to test God’s patience—and God does not punish them.”
The people started complaining about their troubles. The Lord heard their complaints. The Lord heard these things and became angry. Fire from the Lord burned among the people. The fire burned some of the areas at the edge of the camp.
The foreigners that had joined the people of Israel began wanting other things to eat. Soon all the people of Israel began complaining again. The people said, “We want to eat meat!
Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses. They criticized him because he married an Ethiopian [166] woman. They thought that it was not right for Moses to marry an Ethiopian woman.
The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “How long will these people continue to turn against me? They show that they don’t trust me. They show that they don’t believe in my power. They refuse to believe me, even after I have shown them many powerful signs. I have done many great things among them.
The people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. All the people came together and said to Moses and Aaron, “We should have died in Egypt or in the desert. {That would have been better than being killed in this new land.}
Only Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun truly followed the Lord!’
Jesus answered him, “It also says \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [51]} \},
But God was not pleased with most of those people. They were killed in the desert.
We should not test the Lord like some of those people did. They were killed by snakes \{because they tested the Lord\}.
“Don’t forget that you made the Lord your God angry in the desert! You have refused to obey the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt to the day you came to this place.
For 40 years in the desert your people\par saw the things I did.\par But they tested me and my patience.\par