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Numbers 14:18
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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.
About Numbers 14:18
Numbers 14:18 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Guilt. Found in the law of Numbers, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- Psalms 32:1
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”
- Exodus 34:7
“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.”
- 1 John 5:16
“If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.”
- Leviticus 4:3
“If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.”
- Psalms 32:5
“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”
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How to Apply Numbers 14:18
Meditate on Numbers 14:18 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Guilt applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.