Catholic Public Domain Version
"may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say: "
— Numbers 14:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,”
“Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, ”
“Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,”
“If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say,”
“May hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say:”
“Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,”
“Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,”
Therefore, I will strike them with a pestilence, and so I will consume them. But you I will make the ruler over a great nation, and one which is mightier than this one.”
And Moses said to the Lord: “But then the Egyptians, from whose midst you led out this people,
and the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that you, O Lord, are among this people, and that you are seen face to face, and that your cloud protects them, and that you go before them with a column of cloud by day, and a column of fire by night,
may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say:
‘He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.’
Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:
‘The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.’