But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Parallel translations
- WEB But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn’t listen to me. Yahweh said to me, “Let this satisfy you. Speak no more to me of this matter.
- BSB But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
- NKJV “But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the Lord said to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter.
- NASB But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; instead, the Lord said to me, ‘Enough! Do not speak to Me any more about this matter.
- NLT “But the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That’s enough!’ he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.
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Quick answer
The LORD, angry on account of Israel, refused and told Moses to speak no more of it. It records the firm denial of his request.
Overview
God declines Moses's plea, linking it to the earlier failure at Meribah where Moses sinned, here said to be for the people's sakes. The refusal shows that even a great leader is not exempt from the consequences of disobedience. Yet God's no is not the end of His care for Moses, as the next verses reveal His mercy.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 1:37Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
- Deut 31:2And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
- Matt 26:39And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- 2 Cor 12:8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
- 1 Chr 22:7–9And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
- Isa 53:5–6But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
- 1 Chr 28:2–4Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
- Ps 106:32–33They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
- Num 20:7–12And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- 1 Chr 17:12–13He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
- Deut 32:51–52Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
- Num 27:12–14And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
- Deut 34:4And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
- 1 Chr 17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
- Matt 20:22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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