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JPS Old Testament

Numbers 14:20

And the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Intercession;   Israel;   Moses;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pardon;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Mediator;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Spirituality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dispensations;   Gibeonites;   Numbers, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Moses;   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 - Atonement;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Hafá¹­arah;   Kol Nidre;   Seliḥah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said, I have pardoned according to your word:
King James Version
And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh said, "I have forgiven them according to your word;
New Century Version
The Lord answered, "I have forgiven them as you asked.
New English Translation
Then the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked.
Amplified Bible
So the LORD said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;
New American Standard Bible
So the LORD said, "I have forgiven them in accordance with your word;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord said, I haue forgiuen it, according to thy request.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord said to Moses: In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai answered, "I have forgiven, as you have asked.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord answered, "Yes, I will forgive the people as you asked.
English Standard Version
Then the Lord said, "I have pardoned, according to your word.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, I have forgiven them according to your word;
Good News Translation
The Lord answered, "I will forgive them, as you have asked.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah said, I have forgiven according to your word;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde: I haue forgeue it, as thou hast saide.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde: I haue forgeuen it, according to thy request.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said, I haue pardoned, according to thy word.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to thy word.
English Revised Version
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Berean Standard Bible
"I have pardoned them as you requested," the LORD replied.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide, Y haue foryouun to hem, bi thi word.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, `I have forgiven, according to thy word;
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
World English Bible
Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:
New King James Version
Then the LORD said: "I have pardoned, according to your word;
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said, "I will pardon them as you have requested.
New Life Bible
So the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked.
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said, "I do forgive, just as you have asked;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to thy word;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said: I have forgiven according to thy word.
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said, "I have pardoned, according to your word;
THE MESSAGE
God said, "I forgive them, honoring your words. But as I live and as the Glory of God fills the whole Earth—not a single person of those who saw my Glory, saw the miracle signs I did in Egypt and the wilderness, and who have tested me over and over and over again, turning a deaf ear to me—not one of them will set eyes on the land I so solemnly promised to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with such repeated contempt will see it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the LORD said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;

Contextual Overview

20 And the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word. 21 But in very deed, as I live--and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD-- 22 surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice; 23 surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it. 24 But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 25 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.' 26 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 27 'How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring against Me. 28 Say unto them: As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, ye that have murmured against Me;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:10 - let me alone Psalms 99:8 - thou wast Hebrews 3:11 - I sware

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
Genesis 14:3
All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim--the same is the Salt Sea.
Genesis 14:4
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
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 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh--the same is the King's Vale.
Genesis 14:19
And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;
Genesis 24:27
And he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.'
Genesis 28:22
and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said, I have pardoned, according to thy word. So as not to kill them utterly as one man: which is an instance of his being plenteous in mercy, and ready to forgive; and of the virtue and efficacy of the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man, and of the great regard the Lord has to the prayers of a good man for others. The Jerusalem Targum is,

"and the Word of the Lord said, lo, I have remitted and forgiven according to thy word;''

which must be understood of Christ, the essential Word, and shows, according to the sense of the Targumist, that he has a power to forgive sin, and must be a divine Person, for none can forgive sin but God; see Mark 2:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 14:20. I have pardoned — That is, They shall not be cut off as they deserve, because thou hast interceded for their lives.


 
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