Numbers 14:40
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 14:40 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 14:40 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 14:40 — KJV
“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.”
— Numbers 14:40 (KJV)
Numbers 14:40 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 14:40
“And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:40: early, morning, gat
“Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:40: gat, here, place
“If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:40: gat, here, place
“And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:40: gat, here, place
“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 14:40: gat, into, here
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