Num 14:18 | HCSB | STEP | The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love , forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion . But He will not leave the guilty unpunished , bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children to the third and fourth generation.

a Neh 9:17; Ps 86:5,15; 103:8; 145:8; Jl 2:13; Jnh 4:2

b Ezr 9:13; Ps 78:38; 85:2; Isa 43:25; 44:22

Numbers 14:18

18 The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love, ^a forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. ^b But He will not leave the ^{▼▼guilt/guilty: The liability to be punished for a fault, a sin, an act, or an omission unless there is forgiveness or atonement; the term normally concerns an objective fact, not a subjective feeling.}guilty unpunished, ^d bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children to the third and fourth generation. ^e