Numbers 14:39 meaning and explanation
And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
Numbers 14:39, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses has just relayed the LORD's verdict: the adults who left Egypt will die in the wilderness over forty years, and only their children will enter the land. The people had wept the night before out of fear; this mourning comes after the sentence is announced, when judgment settles on them.
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