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19 Please forgive[a] the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love,[b] just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:19 tn The verb סְלַח־נָא (selakh naʾ), the imperative form, means “forgive” (see Ps 130:4), “pardon,” “excuse.” The imperative is of course a prayer, a desire, and not a command.
  2. Numbers 14:19 tn The construct unit is “the greatness of your loyal love.” This is the genitive of specification, the first word being the modifier.

19 In accordance with your great love, forgive(A) the sin of these people,(B) just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”(C)

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