1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
11 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it , (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15 ¶ Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation . 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. 22 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; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still . 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40 ¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here , and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. 44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Tauta dumpojas
1 Tad visa sapulce sāka brēkt – tauta raudāja visu nakti. 2 Visi Israēla dēli kurnēja pret Mozu un Āronu, visa sapulce viņiem teica: “Kaut mēs būtu miruši Ēģiptes zemē, kaut mēs būtu miruši šajā tuksnesī! 3 Kādēļ Kungs ved mūs uz zemi, kur mums būs jākrīt no zobena?! Mūsu sievas un mazuļi kļūs par laupījumu! Vai mums nebūtu labāk atgriezties Ēģiptē?” 4 Un viņi teica cits citam: “Izvēlēsim sev vadoni un atgriezīsimies Ēģiptē!” 5 Tad Mozus un Ārons krita uz sava vaiga visas Israēla dēlu sapulces priekšā. 6 Un Jozua, Nūna dēls, un Kālebs, Jefunnes dēls, kas arī bija devušies izlūkot to zemi, saplēsa savas drānas. 7 Viņi teica visai Israēla dēlu sapulcei: “Tā zeme, kurai mēs gājām cauri, lai to izlūkotu, – tā zeme ir ļoti, ļoti laba! 8 Ja mēs būsim Kungam tīkami, viņš aizvedīs mūs uz to zemi un dos to mums – zemi, kur piens un medus plūst! 9 Taču pret Kungu jūs nedumpojiet, nebīstieties no tās zemes ļaudīm, mēs ēdīsim tos kā maizi, viņu ēna ir prom, bet ar mums ir Kungs! Nebīstieties no viņiem!” 10 Bet visa sapulce teica: “Nomētājiet viņus akmeņiem!” Un tad Saiešanas teltī visiem Israēla dēliem parādījās Kunga godība.
11 Un Kungs teica Mozum: “Cik ilgi šī tauta mani nievās, cik ilgi viņi man neticēs – par spīti visām tām zīmēm, ko es viņiem esmu darījis?! 12 Es viņus sitīšu ar mēri un atteikšos no viņiem, bet tevi es darīšu par lielāku un varenāku tautu nekā viņi!”
Mozus iestājas par tautu
13 Un Mozus Kungam teica: “Tad ēģiptieši gan zinās, ka tu savā spēkā aizvedi šo tautu no viņiem, 14 un viņi teiks šīs zemes iemītniekiem, ka zina, ka tu, Kungs, esi šīs tautas vidū, ka aci pret aci tu tiki skatīts, ak, Kungs, un pār viņiem stāvēja tavs mākonis, un mākoņu stabā tu gāji tiem pa priekšu dienā un uguns stabā naktī, – 15 bet, ja tu nonāvēsi šo tautu visus kā vienu, tad citas tautas, kas par tavu slavu ir dzirdējušas, teiks: 16 Kungs nevarēja šo tautu aizvest uz zemi, par kuru tiem bija zvērējis, un nonāvēja viņus visus tuksnesī! 17 Un tagad – lai ir liels mana Kunga spēks, un tu taču esi teicis: 18 Kungs ir lēns dusmās un dāsns žēlastībā, tāds, kas piedod vainu, bet pārkāpumu nesodītu neatstāj un piemeklē tēvu vainas pie bērniem līdz trešajai un ceturtajai paaudzei! 19 Piedod jel šīs tautas vainu savā lielajā žēlastībā, kā tu līdz šim esi piedevis šai tautai – no Ēģiptes līdz pat šejienei!” 20 Un Kungs teica: “Es piedodu, kā tu teici! 21 Tiešām – kā es esmu dzīvs! – Kunga godība piepildīs visu zemi! 22 Visi vīri, kas redzēja manu godību un manas zīmes, ko es darīju Ēģiptē un tuksnesī, un pārbaudīja tās desmit reižu un tomēr neklausīja mani, – 23 tie neredzēs zemi, kuru es apzvērēju dot viņu tēviem. To neredzēs visi tie, kas mani nievāja! 24 Bet mans kalps Kālebs gan, jo viņam bija cits gars un viņš vienmēr man sekoja. Viņu es aizvedīšu uz zemi, kurp viņš gāja, un viņa pēcnācēji to iemantos! 25 Bet ielejās mīt amālēkieši un kanaānieši! Rīt nogriezieties un pa tuksnesi ejiet uz Niedru jūru!”
Israēliešu iebrukums tiek atsists
(5Moz 1:41–46)26 Un Kungs sacīja Mozum un Āronam: 27 “Cik ilgi šī ļauno sapulce kurnēs pret mani?! Es esmu dzirdējis, kā Israēla dēli kurnēt kurn pret mani! 28 Saki viņiem – kā es esmu dzīvs! – saka Kungs: kā jūs man teicāt, tā es jums darīšu! 29 Šajā tuksnesī kritīs jūsu augumi, visi, kas no jums tika saskaitīti, visi, kam divdesmit gadi un vairāk, kas pret mani kurnējuši! 30 Jūs nenonāksiet tajā zemē, par kuru es zvērēdams pacēlu savu roku, lai jums ļautu tur dzīvot, – vien Kālebs, Jefunnes dēls, un Jozua, Nūna dēls. 31 Un jūsu mazuļi, par kuriem jūs teicāt: tie kļūs par laupījumu, – tos es turp aizvedīšu, un tie iepazīs zemi, no kuras jūs atteicāties. 32 Bet jūsu augumi kritīs šajā tuksnesī! 33 Jūsu dēli būs gani tuksnesī četrdesmit gadus, tie saņems sodu par jūsu maucību, līdz jūsu līķi būs pazuduši tuksnesī! 34 Pēc to dienu skaita, kurās jūs izlūkojāt zemi, – četrdesmit dienas, jūs nesīsiet savu vainu – gadu par dienu, gadu par dienu! Tad jūs zināsiet, kā tas ir – būt naidā ar mani! 35 Es, Kungs, saku, ka tā darīšu visai šai ļauno sapulcei, kas šajā tuksnesī ir sapulcējusies pret mani, – tie iznīks un nomirs šeit!”
36 Bet vīri, kurus Mozus bija sūtījis izlūkot to zemi un kuri atgriezušies bija musinājuši pret viņu visu sapulci, stāstīdami melus par to zemi, – 37 tie vīri, kas bija stāstījuši par to zemi nelāgus melus, nomira Kunga priekšā no sērgas. 38 No tiem vīriem, kas bija gājuši izlūkot zemi, dzīvi palika Jozua, Nūna dēls, un Kālebs, Jefunnes dēls.
39 Un Mozus to pastāstīja visiem Israēla dēliem, un ļaudis ļoti sēroja. 40 Tie cēlās agri no rīta un devās augšup kalnienē, sacīdami: “Redzi, mēs – mēs iesim uz to vietu, par ko Kungs teica, jo mēs esam grēkojuši!” 41 Bet Mozus sacīja: “Kāpēc jūs pārkāpjat Kunga pavēli? Tas neizdosies! 42 Neejiet, jo Kungs nav ar jums, jūs tiksiet satriekti savu ienaidnieku priekšā, 43 jo amālēkieši un kanaānieši jau ir tur jums priekšā, un jūs kritīsiet no zobena, jo esat atkrituši no Kunga! Kungs nebūs ar jums!” 44 Tomēr tie iedrošinājās kāpt augšā kalnos, bet ne Kunga derības šķirsts, ne Mozus nedevās projām no nometnes. 45 Tad nāca lejā amālēkieši un kanaānieši, kas mita kalnienē, sakāva viņus un aiztrieca līdz Hormai.
