Lord our God, you answered them. You showed Israel that you are a God who forgives. But when they did wrong, you punished them.

耶和华我们的神啊，你应允他们；你是赦免他们的神，却按他们所行的报应他们。

耶和华—我们的上帝啊，你应允了他们；你是赦免他们的上帝，却按他们所做的报应他们。

耶和华—我们的神啊，你应允了他们；你是赦免他们的神，却按他们所做的报应他们。

耶和华，我们的上帝啊，你应允了他们，向他们显明你是赦罪的上帝，但也惩罚他们的罪恶。

耶和华我们的神啊！你应允了他们；你虽然按照他们所行的报应他们，但对他们来说，你是一位赦免人的神。

耶和华我们的神哪，你回应了他们！你是饶恕他们的神，但也照着他们的行为报应他们。

耶和華－我們的神啊，你應允他們；你是赦免他們的神，卻按他們所行的報應他們。

耶和華－我們的上帝啊，你應允了他們；你是赦免他們的上帝，卻按他們所做的報應他們。

耶和華－我們的神啊，你應允了他們；你是赦免他們的神，卻按他們所做的報應他們。

耶和華，我們的上帝啊，你應允了他們，向他們顯明你是赦罪的上帝，但也懲罰他們的罪惡。

耶和華我們的神啊！你應允了他們；你雖然按照他們所行的報應他們，但對他們來說，你是一位赦免人的神。

永恆主我們的上帝啊，你真地應了他們；你雖按他們所行的加以罰報，你卻也是赦免他們、的上帝。

耶和華我們的神哪，你回應了他們！你是饒恕他們的神，但也照著他們的行為報應他們。

耶和華我上帝歟、爾俞允之、為其行赦之上帝、然猶報其所行兮、

我之上帝耶和華兮、爾垂聽之、赦宥之、有瑕疵者、爾降罰兮、

主我之天主、常應允之、為其赦罪之天主、然若有過犯、主亦懲罰之、

愆尤蒙糾正。益見慈恩富。

Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.

O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

O Lord our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but you punished them when they went wrong.

LORD our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their sinful actions.

Lord our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, And yet an avenger of their evil deeds.

You answered them, O Lord our God; You were to them God-Who-Forgives, Though You took vengeance on their deeds.

Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

Lord our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, an avenger of their sinful actions.

Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

O LORD our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.

People of Jacob, do not be afraid. You are my servant. I am with you,” announces the Lord.“ I will completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you. But I will be fair. I will not let you go without any punishment.”

But I will not stop loving David. I will always be faithful to him.

But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,“ You did not trust in me enough to honor me. You did not honor me as the holy God in front of the Israelites. So you will not bring this community into the land I am giving them.”

The Lord replied,“ I have forgiven them, just as you asked.You can be sure that I live. You can be just as sure that my glory fills the whole earth.And here is what you can be just as sure of. Not one of these people will see the land I promised to give them. They have seen my glory. They have seen the signs I did in Egypt. And they have seen what I did in the desert. But they did not obey me. And they have tested me ten times.So not even one of them will ever see the land I promised to give to their people of long ago. The person who has not respected me will never see it.But my servant Caleb has a different spirit. He follows me with his whole heart. So I will bring him into the land he went to. And his children after him will receive land there.The Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys. So turn back tomorrow. Start out toward the desert. Go along the way that leads to the Red Sea.”The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“ How long will this evil community speak against me? I have heard these Israelites talk about how unhappy they are.So tell them,‘ Here is what I am announcing. I am the Lord. You can be sure that I live. And here is what you can be just as sure of. I will do to you the very thing that I heard you say.You will die in this desert. Every one of you 20 years old or more will die. Every one of you who was counted in the list of the people will die. Every one of you who has spoken out against me will be wiped out.I lifted up my hand and promised to make this land your home. But now not all of you will enter the land. Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter it. So will Joshua, the son of Nun. They are the only ones who will enter the land.You have said that your enemies would capture your children. But I will bring your children in to enjoy the land you have turned your backs on.As for you, you will die in the desert.Your children will be shepherds here for 40 years. They will suffer because you were not faithful. They will suffer until the last of your bodies lies here in the desert.For 40 years you will suffer for your sins. That is one year for each of the 40 days you checked out the land. You will know what it is like to have me against you.’

“ Aaron will join the members of his family who have already died. He will not enter the land I am giving to the Israelites. Both of you refused to obey my command. You did it at the waters of Meribah.

I was afraid of the Lord’ s great anger. He was so angry with you he wanted to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me again.And he was so angry with Aaron he wanted to destroy him too. But at that time I prayed for Aaron.

Now go. Lead the people to the place I spoke about. My angel will go ahead of you. But when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”The Lord struck the people with a plague. That’s because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Here’s the only other thing I found. God created human beings as honest. But they’ve made many evil plans.”

Here is what I thought about Jerusalem.‘ Surely you will have respect for me. Surely you will accept my warning.’ Then the city you think is safe would not be destroyed. And I would not have to punish you so much. But they still wanted to go on sinning in every way they could.

They knew God. But they didn’t honor him as God. They didn’t thank him. Their thinking became worthless. Their foolish hearts became dark.

But the Lord was angry with me because of what you did. He wouldn’t listen to me.“ That is enough!” the Lord said.“ Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

Aaron answered them,“ Take the gold earrings off your wives, your sons and your daughters. Bring the earrings to me.”

But while the meat was still in their mouths, the Lord acted. Before the people could swallow it, he became very angry with them. He struck them with a terrible plague.So the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah. That’s where the bodies of the people who had wished for other food were buried.