“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.
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.
- KJV 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.
- 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.
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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
Cross-references · 15
- Deut 1:37Also Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You also shall not go in there.
- Deut 31:2He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’
- Matt 26:39He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
- 2 Cor 12:8Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
- 1 Chr 22:7–9David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
- Isa 53:5–6But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
- 1 Chr 28:2–4Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
- Ps 106:32–33They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
- Num 20:7–12Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- 1 Chr 17:12–13He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
- Deut 32:51–52because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among the children of Israel.
- Num 27:12–14Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
- Deut 34:4Yahweh said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring. ’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
- 1 Chr 17:4“Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
- Matt 20:22But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to 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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