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Numbers 14

Numbers 14 — Overview

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, The people murmur at the news; , Joshua and Caleb labour to still them; v.11, God threatens them; v.13, Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon; v.26, The murmurers are debarred from entering into the land; v.

36, The men who raised the evil report die by a plague; v.40, The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten.

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