- Numbers 14:8
אִם־חָפֵץ בָּנוּ יְהֹוָה וְהֵבִיא אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וּנְתָנָהּ לָנוּ אֶרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הִוא זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ׃
If pleased with us, GOD will bring us into that land, a land that flows with milk and honey, and give it to us;
Targum Onkelos
אִם רַעֲוָא בַּנָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וְיַעֵיל יָתַנָא לְאַרְעָא הָדָא וְיִתְּנַהּ לַנָא אַרְעָא דְּהִיא עָבְדָא חֲלָב וּדְבָשׁ׃
If Adonoy desires us, He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with [produces] milk and honey.
- Numbers 14:9
אַךְ בַּיהֹוָה אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ וְאַתֶּם אַל־תִּירְאוּ אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם סָר צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וַיהֹוָה אִתָּנוּ אַל־תִּירָאֻם׃
only you must not rebel against GOD. Have no fear then of the people of the country, for they are our prey: their protection has departed from them, but GOD is with us. Have no fear of them!”
Targum Onkelos
בְּרַם בְּמֵימְרָא דַּייָ לָא תִמְרְדוּן וְאַתּוּן לָא תִדְחֲלוּן מִן עַמָּא דְּאַרְעָא אֲרֵי בִידַנָא מְסִירִין עֲדָא תּוּקְפְהוֹן מִנְּהוֹן וּמֵימְרָא דַּייָ בְּסַעֲדַנָא לָא תִדְחֲלוּן מִנְּהוֹן׃
However, do not rebel against [the word of] Adonoy and you do not be afraid of the nation of the land, for they are [as] our bread [delivered into our hands], their protection [strength] is removed from them, and [the word of] Adonoy is with [supports] us; do not be afraid of them.”
- Numbers 14:10
וַיֹּאמְרוּ כׇּל־הָעֵדָה לִרְגּוֹם אֹתָם בָּאֲבָנִים וּכְבוֹד יְהֹוָה נִרְאָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֶל־כׇּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
As the whole community threatened to pelt them with stones, the Presence of GOD appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרוּ כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא לְמִרְגַּם יָתְהוֹן בְּאַבְנַיָּא וִיקָרָא דַּייָ אִתְגְּלִי בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא לְכָל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
The entire congregation said that they should be stoned to death, when the glory of Adonoy appeared in the Tent of Meeting, to all of Bnei Yisroel.
- Numbers 14:11
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עַד־אָנָה יְנַאֲצֻנִי הָעָם הַזֶּה וְעַד־אָנָה לֹא־יַאֲמִינוּ בִי בְּכֹל הָאֹתוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ׃
And GOD said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me, and how long will they have no faith in Me despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst?
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמֹשֶׁה עַד אִמַּתִּי יְהוֹן מַרְגְּזִין קֳדָמַי עַמָּא הָדֵין וְעַד אִמַּתִּי לָא יְהֵימְנוּן בְּמֵימְרִי בְּכֹל אָתַיָּא דַּעֲבַדִית בֵּינֵיהוֹן׃
Adonoy said to Moshe: “Until where will this people provoke [before] Me, and how much longer will they have no faith in Me [my word], despite all the signs which I have done in their midst.
- Numbers 14:12
אַכֶּנּוּ בַדֶּבֶר וְאוֹרִשֶׁנּוּ וְאֶעֱשֶׂה אֹתְךָ לְגוֹי־גָּדוֹל וְעָצוּם מִמֶּנּוּ׃
I will strike them with pestilence and disown them, and I will make of you a nation far more numerous than they!”
Targum Onkelos
אֶמְחֵינוּן בְּמוֹתָא וַאֲשֵׁיצֵינוּן וְאַעֲבֵיד יָתָךְ לְעַם רַב וְתַקִּיף מִנְּהוֹן׃
I shall smite them with the plague and annihilate them; and I shall make you into a greater and stronger people than they.”
- Numbers 14:13
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהֹוָה וְשָׁמְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּי־הֶעֱלִיתָ בְכֹחֲךָ אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה מִקִּרְבּוֹ׃
But Moses said to GOD, “When the Egyptians, from whose midst You brought up this people in Your might, hear the news,
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר מֹשֶׁה קֳדָם יְיָ וְיִשְׁמְעוּן מִצְרָאֵי דַּאַסֵּיקְתָּא בְחֵילָךְ יָת עַמָּא הָדֵין מִבֵּינֵיהוֹן׃
Moshe said to Adonoy: “But Egypt will hear, that You, in Your might have brought up this people from among them.
- Numbers 14:14
וְאָמְרוּ אֶל־יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת שָׁמְעוּ כִּי־אַתָּה יְהֹוָה בְּקֶרֶב הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר־עַיִן בְּעַיִן נִרְאָה ׀ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה וַעֲנָנְךָ עֹמֵד עֲלֵהֶם וּבְעַמֻּד עָנָן אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם וּבְעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לָיְלָה׃
they will tell it to the inhabitants of that land. Now they have heard that You, O ETERNAL One, are in the midst of this people; that You, O ETERNAL One, appear in plain sight when Your cloud rests over them and when You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
Targum Onkelos
וְיֵימְרוּן לְיָתֵיב אַרְעָא הָדָא דִּשְׁמַעוּ אֲרֵי אַתְּ יְיָ שְׁכִינָתָךְ שָׁרְיָא בְּגוֹ עַמָּא הָדֵין דִּבְעֵינֵיהוֹן חֲזוֹ שְׁכִינַת יְקָרָךְ יְיָ וַעֲנָנָךְ מַטַּל עִלָּוֵיהוֹן וּבְעַמּוּדָא דַּעֲנָנָא אַתְּ מְדַבַּר קֳדָמֵיהוֹן בִּימָמָא וּבְעַמּוּדָא דְּאִישָׁתָא בְּלֵילְיָא׃
They will say concerning the inhabitants of this land, they have heard that You, Adonoy, are [Your Shechinah dwells] among this people, Who appears to them eye to eye (face to face) [who have seen Your glorious Shechinah], You, Adonoy; Your Cloud stands over them, in a Pillar of Cloud You go before [lead] them daily and in a Pillar of Fire, nightly.
- Numbers 14:15
וְהֵמַתָּה אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד וְאָמְרוּ הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְעוּ אֶת־שִׁמְעֲךָ לֵאמֹר׃
If then You slay this people all at once, the nations who have heard Your fame will say,
Targum Onkelos
וּתְקַטֵּיל יָת עַמָּא הָדֵין כְּגוּבְרָא חַד וְיֵימְרוּן עַמְמַיָּא דִּשְׁמַעוּ יָת שֵׁימַע גְּבוּרְתָךְ לְמֵימַר׃
If You kill this nation like a single man, the nations will say—they who have heard of Your reputation [the fame of Your power]—as follows:
- Numbers 14:16
מִבִּלְתִּי יְכֹלֶת יְהֹוָה לְהָבִיא אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לָהֶם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם בַּמִּדְבָּר׃
‘It must be because GOD was powerless to bring that people into the land promised them on oath that he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
Targum Onkelos
מִדְּלֵית יוּכְלָא קֳדָם יְיָ לְאַעָלָא יָת עַמָּא הָדֵין לְאַרְעָא דְּקַיֵּים לְהוֹן וְקַטֵּילִנּוּן בְּמַדְבְּרָא׃
“It is because of Adonoy’s inability to bring this people into the land that He swore to them, that he slaughtered [killed] them in the desert.”
- Numbers 14:17
וְעַתָּה יִגְדַּל־נָא כֹּחַ אֲדֹנָי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ לֵאמֹר׃
Therefore, I pray, let my Sovereign’s forbearance be great, as You have declared, saying,
Targum Onkelos
וּכְעַן סַגִּי כְעַן חֵילָא קֳדָמָךְ יְיָ כְּמָא דְּמַלֵּילְתָּא לְמֵימַר׃
Now, please, let my Master’s power be enhanced [before Hashem] as You spoke, saying;
- Numbers 14:18
יְהֹוָה אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד נֹשֵׂא עָוֺן וָפָשַׁע וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִים׃
‘GOD! slow to anger and abounding in kindness; forgiving iniquity and transgression; yet not remitting all punishment, but visiting the iniquity of parents upon children, upon the third and fourth generations.’
Targum Onkelos
יְיָ מַרְחֵיק רְגַז וּמַסְגֵּי לְמֶעֱבַד טָבְוָן שָׁבֵיק לַעֲוָיָן וְלִמְרוֹד סָלַח לִדְתָּיְבִין לְאוֹרָיְתֵיהּ וְלִדְלָא תָּיְבִין לָא מְזַכֵּי מַסְעַר חוֹבֵי אֲבָהָן עַל בְּנִין מָרָדִין עַל דָּר תְּלִיתַאי וְעַל דָּר רְבִיעָאי׃
Adonoy, slow to [distances] anger and abounding in [performing] kindness, forgiving iniquity, [rebellion] and transgression; Who does not completely acquit [pardoning those who return to His Torah, but to those who do not return, He does not acquit], Who will visit the inquities of the fathers upon their [rebellious] children, to the third [generation] and to the fourth [generation.]
- Numbers 14:19
סְלַח־נָא לַעֲוֺן הָעָם הַזֶּה כְּגֹדֶל חַסְדֶּךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד־הֵנָּה׃
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to Your great kindness, as You have forgiven this people ever since Egypt.”
Targum Onkelos
שְׁבוֹק כְּעַן לְחוֹבֵי עַמָּא הָדֵין כְּסַגִּיאוּת טָבְוָתָךְ וּכְמָא דִּשְׁבַקְתָּא לְעַמָּא הָדֵין מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד כְּעַן׃
Please forgive this people according the magnitude of Your kindness, and as You have borne this people since Egypt until this time.”
- Numbers 14:20
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה סָלַחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶךָ׃
And GOD said, “I pardon, as you have asked.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ שְׁבַקִית כְּפִתְגָמָךְ׃
Adonoy said, “I have forgiven them, just as you spoke.
- Numbers 14:21
וְאוּלָם חַי־אָנִי וְיִמָּלֵא כְבוֹד־יְהֹוָה אֶת־כׇּל־הָאָרֶץ׃
Nevertheless, as I live and as GOD’s Presence fills the whole world,
Targum Onkelos
וּבְרַם קַיָּים אֲנָא וּמָלְיָא יְקָרָא דַּייָ יָת כָּל אַרְעָא׃
However, just as I live and the Glory of Adonoy fills the entire land;
- Numbers 14:22
כִּי כׇל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָרֹאִים אֶת־כְּבֹדִי וְאֶת־אֹתֹתַי אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי בְמִצְרַיִם וּבַמִּדְבָּר וַיְנַסּוּ אֹתִי זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹלִי׃
none of those involved—who have seen My Presence and the signs that I have performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who have tried Me these many times and have disobeyed Me—
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי כְל גּוּבְרַיָּא דַּחֲזוֹ יָת יְקָרִי וְיָת אָתְוָתַי דַּעֲבַדִית בְּמִצְרַיִם וּבְמַדְבְּרָא וְנַסִּיאוּ קֳדָמַי דְּנָן עֲשַׂר זִמְנִין וְלָא קַבִּילוּ לְמֵימְרִי׃
For, all the people who see My glory and My signs which I have done in Egypt and in the desert, and they have tested [before] Me these ten times and they have not listened to My voice [word].
- Numbers 14:23
אִם־יִרְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם וְכׇל־מְנַאֲצַי לֹא יִרְאוּהָ׃
shall see the land that I promised on oath to their fathers; none of those who spurn Me shall see it.
Targum Onkelos
אִם יִחְזוֹן יָת אַרְעָא דְּקַיֵּימִית לַאֲבָהָתְהוֹן וְכָל דְּאַרְגִּיזוּ קֳדָמַי לָא יִחְזוֹנַהּ׃
If they will see the land that I have sworn to their fathers; all those who angered [before] Me will not see it.
- Numbers 14:24
וְעַבְדִּי כָלֵב עֵקֶב הָיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֹ וַיְמַלֵּא אַחֲרָי וַהֲבִיאֹתִיו אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בָּא שָׁמָּה וְזַרְעוֹ יוֹרִשֶׁנָּה׃
But My servant Caleb, because he was imbued with a different spirit and remained loyal to Me—him will I bring into the land that he entered, and his offspring shall hold it as a possession.
Targum Onkelos
וְעַבְדִּי כָלֵב חֲלָף דַּהֲוָת רוּחַ אוּחְרִי עִמֵּיהּ וְאַשְׁלֵים בָּתַר דַּחְלְתִי וְאַעֵילִנֵּיהּ לְאַרְעָא דְּעָאל לְתַמָּן וּבְנוֹהִי יוֹרְתִנַּהּ:
My servant Caleiv, because he possesed in him a different spirit, and followed Me fully [in fear of Me], I shall bring him into the land to which he came, and his children will cast [its inhabitants] from it.
- Numbers 14:25
וְהָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב בָּעֵמֶק מָחָר פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם הַמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ יַם־סוּף׃
Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites occupy the valleys. Start out, then, tomorrow and march into the wilderness by way of the Sea of Reeds.”
Targum Onkelos
וַעֲמָלְקָאָה וּכְנַעֲנָאָה יָתֵיב בְּמֵישְׁרָא מְחַר אִתְפְּנוֹ וְטוּלוּ לְכוֹן לְמַדְבְּרָא אוֹרַח יַמָּא דְּסוּף׃
The Amaleki and the Cana’ani are now dwelling in the valley. Tomorrow turn back and you shall travel the desert by way of the Reed Sea.”