Numbers 14:34

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

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Other Translations for Numbers 14:34

BSB
In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years-a year for each day-and you will experience My alienation.
AKJV
After the number of the days in which you searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my breach of promise.
CPDV
According to the number of the forty days, during which you examined the land, one year shall be charged for each day. And so, for forty years you shall take back your iniquities, and you shall know my retribution.
ERV
After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.
NHEB
After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.'
SMT
According to the number of days which ye searched out the land, forty days, a day a year, a day for a year, shall ye your iniquities; forty years, and ye knew my withdrawal.

Commentary for Numbers 14:34

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Overview of Numbers 14:34
Summary
One year penalty for each exploration day
Place
Wilderness
Event
Proportional punishment determined mathematically
Estimated Time Period
c. 1400 BC
Category
Judgment