Numbers 14:19 “Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the great…”

Numbers 14:19

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

American Standard Version

Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

Geneva Bible 1599

Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe.

Darby Translation

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

Young's Literal Translation

forgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.'

Bible in Basic English

May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.

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Cross references

“Pardon”

Exodus 34:9 Exodus 32:32 1 Kings 8:34 Daniel 9:19 Psalm 51:1 Psalm 51:2

Exodus 34:9 · BSB

“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

Exodus 32:32 · BSB

Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

1 Kings 8:34 · BSB

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

Daniel 9:19 · BSB

O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

Psalm 51:1 · BSB

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51:2 · BSB

Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

“according”

Isaiah 55:7 Titus 3:4–7

Isaiah 55:7 · BSB

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Titus 3:4–7 · BSB

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

“and as thou”

Psalm 78:38 Psalm 106:45 Jonah 4:2 Exodus 32:10–14 Exodus 33:17 Jonah 3:10

Psalm 78:38 · BSB

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

Psalm 106:45 · BSB

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Jonah 4:2 · BSB

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to an…

Exodus 32:10–14 · BSB

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Exodus 33:17 · BSB

So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Jonah 3:10 · BSB

When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

20“I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.

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