Mínshùjì 14:42

42 Búyào shàng qù . yīnwei Yēhéhuá bú zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , kǒngpà nǐmen beì chóudí shā baì le .

Mínshùjì 14:42 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:42

Go not up, for the Lord [is] not among you
And therefore could not expect success, for victory is of the Lord; the Targum of Jonathan adds,

``the ark, and the tabernacle, and the cloud of glory move not,''

which were a plain indication that the Lord would not go with them, and therefore could not hope to prevail over their enemies and enter the land, but on the contrary might expect to be defeated by them, as follows:

that ye be not smitten before your enemies;
of which they would be in great danger should they attempt to go up the hill, and the Lord not with them.

Mínshùjì 14:42 In-Context

40 Qīngzǎo qǐlai , shàng shāndǐng qù , shuō , wǒmen zaì zhèlǐ , wǒmen yǒu zuì le . qíngyuàn shàng Yēhéhuá suǒ yīngxǔ de dìfang qù .

41 Móxī shuō , nǐmen wèihé wéibeì Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng ne , zhè shì bùnéng shùnlì le .

42 Búyào shàng qù . yīnwei Yēhéhuá bú zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , kǒngpà nǐmen beì chóudí shā baì le .

43 Yàmǎlì rén hé Jiānán rén dōu zaì nǐmen miànqián , nǐmen bì dǎo zaì dāo xià . yīn nǐmen tuì huí bú gēn cóng Yēhéhuá , suǒyǐ tā bì bú yǔ nǐmen tóng zaì .

44 Tāmen què shàn gǎn shàng shāndǐng qù , ránér Yēhéhuá de yuē jǔ hé Móxī méiyǒu chū yíng .