MANNAFEST

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.

KJV

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ASV

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

WEB

But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!

YLT

And Moses saith, `Why is this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

DBT

And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!

About this book

Old Testament

NumbersIsrael on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author
Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date
The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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