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Numbers 14:19

Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Intercession;   Israel;   Moses;   Unselfishness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Pardon;   Salvation-Condemnation;   Sinners;   The Topic Concordance - Forgiveness;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Intercessory;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Mediator;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Forgiveness;   Mercy;   Moses;   Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Greatness;   Mediator, Mediation;   Mercy;   Prayer;   Spirituality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gibeonites;   Numbers, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Pardon;   Power;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Moses;   Pity;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Pardon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;   Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forgiveness;   Intercession;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Compassion;   Hafá¹­arah;   Kol Nidre;   Machir;   Seliḥah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your lovingkindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Mitzrayim even until now.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
Please forgive the sin of this people according to the greatness of your loyal love, just as you forgave this people, from Egypt until now."
New Century Version
By your great love, forgive these people's sin, just as you have forgiven them from the time they left Egypt until now."
New English Translation
Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love, just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now."
Amplified Bible
"Please pardon the wickedness and guilt of these people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You have forgiven these people, from Egypt even until now."
New American Standard Bible
"Please forgive the guilt of this people in accordance with the greatness of Your mercy, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
Contemporary English Version
You are merciful, and you treat people better than they deserve. So please forgive these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
Please! Forgive the offense of this people according to the greatness of your grace, just as you have borne with this people from Egypt until now."
Darby Translation
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now, show your great love to these people. Forgive their sin. Forgive them the same way you have been forgiving them since the time they left Egypt until now."
English Standard Version
Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now."
George Lamsa Translation
Pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven them from Egypt even until now.
Good News Translation
And now, Lord , according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
Christian Standard Bible®
Please pardon the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of your faithful love, just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now.”
Literal Translation
I pray, forgive the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your mercy, and as You have gone with this people from Egypt, even until now.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O be gracious now vnto the synne of this people acordinge to thy greate mercy, like as thou hast forborne this people also, euer from Egipte vnto this place.
American Standard Version
Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Bible in Basic English
May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Be mercyfull I beseche thee vnto the sinne of this people accordyng vnto thy great mercy, as thou hast forgeuen this people from Egypt, euen vntyll nowe.
King James Version (1611)
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquitie of this people, according vnto the greatnesse of thy mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people, from Egypt, euen vntill now.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Forgive this people their sin according to thy great mercy, as thou wast favourable to them from Egypt until now.
English Revised Version
Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Berean Standard Bible
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
foryyue thou the synne of this thi puple, aftir the greetnesse of thi merci, as thou were merciful to men goynge out of Egipt `til to this place.
Young's Literal Translation
forgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.'
Update Bible Version
Pardon, I pray you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving-kindness, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Webster's Bible Translation
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt, even until now.
World English Bible
Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your lovingkindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
New King James Version
Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
New Living Translation
In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
New Life Bible
I pray that You will forgive the sin of this people by the greatness of Your loving-kindness. Forgive them as You have forgiven them from Egypt until now."
New Revised Standard
Forgive the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have pardoned this people, from Egypt even until now."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Pardon I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, According to the greatness of thy lovingkindness, - And according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even thus far.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of thy mercy, as thou hast been merciful to them from their going out of Egypt unto this place.
Revised Standard Version
Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray thee, according to the greatness of thy steadfast love, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
THE MESSAGE
"Please forgive the wrongdoing of this people out of the extravagance of your loyal love just as all along, from the time they left Egypt, you have been forgiving this people."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

Contextual Overview

11 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long will this people despise Me? and how long will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.' 13 And Moses said unto the LORD: 'When the Egyptians shall hear--for Thou broughtest up this people in Thy might from among them-- 14 they will say to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that Thou LORD art in the midst of this people; inasmuch as Thou LORD art seen face to face, and Thy cloud standeth over them, and Thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; 15 now if Thou shalt kill 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 swore unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I pray Thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying: 18 The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pardon: Exodus 32:32, Exodus 34:9, 1 Kings 8:34, Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:2, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:9, Daniel 9:19

according: Isaiah 55:7, Titus 3:4-7

and as thou: Exodus 32:10-14, Exodus 33:17, Psalms 78:38, Psalms 106:7, Psalms 106:8, Psalms 106:45, Jonah 3:10, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, James 5:15, 1 John 5:14-16

until now: or, hitherto

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:13 - And Moses said unto the Lord Nehemiah 9:17 - a God Isaiah 63:7 - according to his Daniel 9:4 - the great Daniel 9:9 - To the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Genesis 14:7
And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat--the same is Kadesh--and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 14:9
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
Genesis 14:23
that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;
Genesis 27:4
and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.'
Genesis 47:7
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:10
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people,

according unto the greatness of thy mercy,.... Intimating, that though the sin of this people was great, the mercy of God to pardon was greater; and therefore he entreats that God would deal with them, not according to the greatness of their sins, and the strictness of justice, but according to the greatness of his mercy, who would, and does, abundantly pardon;

and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even until now; which shows both that these people had been continually sinning against the Lord, ever since they came out of Egypt, notwithstanding the great goodness of God unto them, and that he had as constantly pardoned; and therefore it was hoped and entreated that he would still continue to pardon them, he being the same he ever was, and whose mercy and goodness endure for ever: he had pardoned already sins of the like kind since their coming out of Egypt, as their murmurings for bread in the wilderness of Sin, Exodus 16:1, and for water at Rephidim,

Exodus 17:1, and even a greater sin than these, idolatry, or the worship of the calf, Exodus 32:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 14:19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people — From Numbers 14:13-19 inclusive we have the words of Moses's intercession; they need no explanation, they are full of simplicity and energy; his arguments with God (for be did reason and argue with his Maker) are pointed, cogent, and respectful; and while they show a heart full of humanity, they evidence the deepest concern for the glory of God. The argumentum ad hominem is here used in the most unexceptionable manner, and with the fullest effect.


 
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