Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
- KJV But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
- BSB They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
- NKJV But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
- NASB But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
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Quick answer
They grumbled in their tents and would not obey the LORD's voice. It matters because complaining reveals a heart that refuses to trust and obey.
Overview
Israel murmured against God after the spies' report (Numbers 14:1-4). Their grumbling was disobedience to His clear voice. The verse exposes how complaint and unbelief go together, leading God's people away from the obedience that faith produces.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 1:26–27Yet you wouldn’t go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God.
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- Heb 3:15while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
- Ps 95:7–9for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
- Num 14:22because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
- Num 14:1–4All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- Num 14:27–29“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
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