Numbers 14:18

KJV

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

— Numbers 14:18, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Numbers Chapter 14 connects to 10 cross-references. The congregation rebels, proposing to choose a new leader and return to Egypt; Caleb and Joshua tear their clothes and urge trust in God. God threatens to disinherit Israel and make Moses into a great nation; Moses intercedes by appealing …

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Other Translations

ASV

Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

YLT

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth; --

BBE

The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

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