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Numbers 14:13

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14:13Moses said to the Lord, “When the Egyptians hear24 it—for you brought up this people by your power from among them—

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  1. 24 The construction is unusual in that we have here a perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive with no verb before it to establish the time sequence. The context requires that this be taken as a vav (ו) consecutive. It actually forms the protasis for the next verse, and would best be rendered “when … then they will say.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your might from among them,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by your strength you brought up this people from them.

NLTNew Living Translation

But Moses objected. “What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the Lord. “They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear that you brought up this people from their midst in your power,

KJV 1900King James Version

And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)