Numbers 14:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 14:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 14:12 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than the..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 14:12 — KJV
“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.”
— Numbers 14:12 (KJV)
Numbers 14:12 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 14:12
“Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:12: make, greater, nation
“To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:12: greater, nation, mightier
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:12: greater, nation, mightier
“Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:12: greater, nation, mightier
“Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:12: greater, nation, mightier
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