The Lord was angry with Israel again. He caused David to turn against the Israelites. He told David, “Go count the people of Israel and Judah.”
Numbers 14:12 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version I will kill them all with a terrible sickness. I will destroy them, and I will use you to make another nation. Your nation will be greater and stronger than these people.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and will make of you [Moses] a nation greater and mightier than they. American Standard Version (1901) I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they. Common English Bible I’ll strike them down with a plague and disown them. Then I’ll make you into a great nation, stronger than they.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I will strike them with a pestilence, and so I will consume them. But you I will make the ruler over a great nation, and one which is mightier than this one." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than this is. |
The Lord was angry with Israel again. He caused David to turn against the Israelites. He told David, “Go count the people of Israel and Judah.”
So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”
Then Aaron and Moses said, “The God of the Hebrews has talked with us. So we beg you to let us travel three days into the desert. There we will offer a sacrifice to the Lord our God. If we don’t do this, he might become angry and destroy us. He might make us die from sickness or war.”
“‘But the family of Israel turned against me in the desert. They did not follow my laws. They refused to obey my rules—even though people who obey my laws live because of them. They treated my special days of rest as if they were not important. They worked on those days many times. I decided to destroy them in the desert—to let them feel the full force of my anger.
You will have broken my agreement, so I will punish you. I will bring armies against you. You will go into your cities for safety, but I will cause diseases to spread among you. And your enemies will defeat you.
The Lord will send you terrible diseases until you no longer exist, until you are completely gone from the land.