Números 14:37

37 aquellos hombres que dieron el mal informe acerca de la tierra, murieron debido a 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; ciertamente esto haré a toda esta perversa congregación que se han juntado contra mí. En este desierto serán destruidos, y aquí morirán."

36 En cuanto a los hombres a quienes Moisés envió a reconocer la tierra, y que volvieron e hicieron a toda la congregación murmurar contra él dando un mal informe acerca de la tierra,

37 aquellos hombres que dieron el mal informe acerca de la tierra, murieron debido a una plaga delante del SEÑOR.

38 Pero Josué, hijo de Nun, y Caleb, hijo de Jefone, sobrevivieron de entre aquellos hombres que fueron a reconocer la tierra.

39 Y cuando Moisés habló estas palabras a todos los hijos de Israel, el pueblo lloró mucho.