King James Version
Numbers 14:20 in the King James Version says “And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:”
Numbers 14:20 · KJV
The LORD is longsuffering , and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. until: or, hitherto
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“according to thy word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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