Números 14:37

37 Por eso los responsables de haber difundido este falso informe acerca de aquella tierra murieron delante del SEÑOR, víctimas de una plaga.

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 soy el SEÑOR, y cumpliré al pie de la letra todo lo que anuncié contra esta perversa comunidad que se atrevió a desafiarme. En este desierto perecerán. ¡Morirán aquí mismo!

36 Los hombres que Moisés había enviado a explorar el país fueron los que, al volver, difundieron la falsa información de que la tierra era mala. Con esto hicieron que toda la comunidad murmurara.

37 Por eso los responsables de haber difundido este falso informe acerca de aquella tierra murieron delante del SEÑOR, víctimas de una plaga.

38 De todos los hombres que fueron a explorar el país, solo sobrevivieron Josué hijo de Nun y Caleb hijo de Jefone.

39 Cuando Moisés terminó de decirles esto, todos los israelitas se pusieron a llorar amargamente.