Números 14:37

37 fueron heridos de muerte por una plaga delante del Señor
.

Números 14:37 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:37

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the
land
They, and they only at this time: died by the plague before the Lord;
either by the pestilence immediately sent upon them by the Lord, or by a flash of lightning from him, or in some other way; however, by the immediate hand of God, and in his presence, being in the tabernacle of the congregation, ( Numbers 14:10 ) ; though the Jews differently relate the manner of their death; some say worms came out of their navels, and up to their jaws, and ate them and their tongues; and others that they came out of their tongues, and entered their navels, which they take to be a just retaliation for sinning with their tongues: and the time of their death they differ about; some say, as the Targum of Jonathan, that it was upon the seventh, and others that it was on the seventeenth of Elul or August they died ^F4.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Schulchan Aruch, par. 1. c. 580. sect. 2. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 7. 2.

Números 14:37 In-Context

35 ¡Yo, el Señor
, he hablado! Sin falta, haré todas estas cosas a cada miembro de la comunidad que conspiró contra mí. ¡Serán destruidos en este desierto, y aquí morirán!».

36 Entonces los diez hombres que Moisés envió a explorar la tierra —que por sus malos informes incitaron la rebelión contra el Señor
—

37 fueron heridos de muerte por una plaga delante del Señor
.

38 De los doce que exploraron la tierra, solo Josué y Caleb siguieron vivos.

39 Después, cuando Moisés comunicó las palabras del Señor
a todos los israelitas, se llenaron de profundo dolor.