But God was not pleased with most of them. Their bodies were scattered in the desert.

但他们中间多半是神不喜欢的人，所以在旷野倒毙。

但他们中间多半是上帝不喜欢的人，所以倒毙在旷野里了。

但他们中间多半是神不喜欢的人，所以倒毙在旷野里了。

尽管如此，他们当中大多数人不讨上帝的喜悦，倒毙在旷野。

但他们大多数的人，都得不到神的喜悦，因此他们都死在旷野。

但是神不喜悦他们中的大多数人，所以他们倒毙在旷野。

但他們中間多半是神不喜歡的人，所以在曠野倒斃。

但他們中間多半是上帝不喜歡的人，所以倒斃在曠野裏了。

但他們中間多半是神不喜歡的人，所以倒斃在曠野裏了。

儘管如此，他們當中大多數人不討上帝的喜悅，倒斃在曠野。

但他們大多數的人，都得不到神的喜悅，因此他們都死在曠野。

然而他們大多數人、上帝並不喜悅：他們都在野地覆亡了。

但是神不喜悅他們中的大多數人，所以他們倒斃在曠野。

然其人多為上帝所不悅、故傾覆於野、

其中多人為上帝不悅、使屍橫遍野、

但彼眾多半不為天主所悅、其屍偃仆於野、

惟當時多數之人、不為天主所悅、卒致橫屍遍野。

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness.

Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for their dead bodies were spread out in the wilderness.

But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Who was God angry with for 40 years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned? They died in the desert.

I want to remind you about some things you already know. The Lord saved his people. At one time he brought them out of Egypt. But later he destroyed those who did not believe.

Those men were to blame for spreading the bad report. So the Lord struck them down. They died of a plague.

The men of Israel had been counted before in the Sinai Desert by Moses and Aaron the priest. But not one of them was among the men counted this time.The Lord had told the Israelites at Kadesh Barnea that they would certainly die in the desert. Not one of them was left alive except Caleb and Joshua. Caleb was the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua was the son of Nun.

So tell them,‘ Here is what I am announcing. I am the Lord. You can be sure that I live. And here is what you can be just as sure of. I will do to you the very thing that I heard you say.You will die in this desert. Every one of you 20 years old or more will die. Every one of you who was counted in the list of the people will die. Every one of you who has spoken out against me will be wiped out.I lifted up my hand and promised to make this land your home. But now not all of you will enter the land. Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter it. So will Joshua, the son of Nun. They are the only ones who will enter the land.You have said that your enemies would capture your children. But I will bring your children in to enjoy the land you have turned your backs on.As for you, you will die in the desert.Your children will be shepherds here for 40 years. They will suffer because you were not faithful. They will suffer until the last of your bodies lies here in the desert.For 40 years you will suffer for your sins. That is one year for each of the 40 days you checked out the land. You will know what it is like to have me against you.’I, the Lord, have spoken. I will surely do these things to this entire evil community of Israel. They have joined together against me. They will meet their end in this desert. They will die here.”

The Lord said to Moses,“ How long will these people not respect me? How long will they refuse to believe in me? They refuse even though I have done many signs among them.So I will strike them down with a plague. I will destroy them. But I will make you into a greater and stronger nation than they are.”

So he lifted up his hand and promised that he would make them die in the desert.

But even after all that, they kept on sinning. Even after the wonderful things he had done, they still didn’t believe.So he brought their days to an end like a puff of smoke. He ended their years with terror.Every time God killed some of them, the others would seek him. They gladly turned back to him again.

So when I was angry, I made a promise. I said,‘ They will never enjoy the rest I planned for them.’ ”

The Lord heard what you said. So he became angry. He made a promise. He said,“ I promised to give this good land to your people of long ago. But no one alive today will see it.

Lord, from the very beginning you have been like a home to us.

Your anger destroys us. Your burning anger terrifies us.You have put our sins right in front of you. You have placed our secret sins where you can see them clearly.

He used his power against them until he had gotten rid of all of them. Not one was left in the camp.Finally, the last of the fighting men among the people died.