Numbers 14:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.””

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BSBPD

“Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness--the way of the Red Sea.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 14:25 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 13:29The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
  2. Numbers 14:4So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
  3. Deuteronomy 1:40But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
  4. Judges 11:16But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
  5. Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
  6. Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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