¹ Then all the community raised a loud cry, ²  and the people wept ³  that night.

biblegateway Num 14:1

Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.

Then all the people in the Israelite community raised their voices and cried out loud all that night.

biblegateway Num 14:1

That night all the people of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.

Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.

bibleoremus Num 14:1

Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.

At this the whole Israelite community cried out in dismay and the people wept all night long.

biblegateway Num 14:1

So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

biblegateway Num 14:1

¹ Then all the community raised a loud cry, ²  and the people wept ³  that night.

¹ sn This chapter forms part of the story already begun. There are three major sections here: dissatisfaction with the reports (vv. 1-10), the threat of divine punishment (vv. 11-38), and the defeat of the Israelites (vv. 39-45). See K. D. Sakenfeld, “The Problem of Divine Forgiveness in Num 14,” CBQ 37 (1975): 317-30; also J. R. Bartlett, “The Use of the Word רֹאשׁ as a Title in the Old Testament,” VT 19 (1969): 1-10.

² tn The two verbs “lifted up their voice and cried” form a hendiadys; the idiom of raising the voice means that they cried aloud.

³ tn There are a number of things that the verb “to weep” or “wail” can connote. It could reflect joy, grief, lamentation, or repentance, but here it reflects fear, hopelessness, or vexation at the thought of coming all this way and being defeated by the Canaanite armies. See Judg 20:23, 26.