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14 then they will tell it to the inhabitants[a] of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face,[b] that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:14 tn The singular participle is to be taken here as a collective, representing all the inhabitants of the land.
  2. Numbers 14:14 tn “Face-to-face” is literally “eye to eye.” It only occurs elsewhere in Isa 52:8. This expresses the closest communication possible.

14 And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard(A) that you, Lord, are with these people(B) and that you, Lord, have been seen face to face,(C) that your cloud stays over them,(D) and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.(E)

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