Numbers 14 · Verse 20

Numbers 14:20

And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

Numbers 14:20, King James Version

Numbers 14:20 in other translations

BSB	“I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
WEB	The LORD said, “I have pardoned according to your word;
ASV	And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
YLT	And Jehovah saith, ‘I have forgiven, according to thy word;
DARBY	And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
BBE	And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:
Webster	And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

What does Numbers 14:20 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 20 I have pardoned - That is, They shall not be cut off as they deserve, because thou hast interceded for their lives.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:20-35

The Lord granted the prayer of Moses so far as not at once to destroy the congregation. But disbelief of the promise forbids the benefit. Those who despise the pleasant land shall be shut out of it. The promise of God should be fulfilled to their children. They wished to die in the wilderness; God made their sin their ruin, took them at their word, and their carcases fell in the wilderness. They were made to groan under the burden of their own sin, which was too heavy for them to bear. Ye shall know my breach of promise, both the causes of it, that it is procured by your sin, for God never leaves any till they first leave him; and the consequences of it, that will produce your ruin. But your little ones, now under twenty years old, which ye, in your unbelief, said should be a prey, them will I bring in. God will let them know that he can put a difference between the guilty and the innocent, and cut them off without touching their children. Thus God would not utterly take away his loving kindness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Numbers 14:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068

סָלַ֖חְתִּיsa.Lach.tiI have forgiven [them]H5545

כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ\׃kid.va.Re.khaaccording to word yourH1697

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 14:20

Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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Context

Numbers 14:19
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Numbers 14:20
And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Numbers 14:21
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

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Numbers 14:20 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Entonces Jehová dijo: yo lo he perdonado conforme á tu dicho:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et l’ Éternel dit: J’ai pardonné selon ta parole.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Jehova sprach: Ich habe vergeben nach deinem Worte.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dixitque Dominus: Dimisi juxta verbum tuum.