Numbers 14:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 14:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 14:16 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 14:16 — KJV
“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.”
— Numbers 14:16 (KJV)
Numbers 14:16 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 14:16
“Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:16: because, lord, able
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:16: because, lord, people
“Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:16: lord, bring, people
“And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:16: because, lord, bring
“And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:16: lord, bring, into
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