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Numbers 14:23
23will by no means see the land which I swore to [give to] their fathers; nor will any who treated me disrespectfully and rejected Me see it.
Numbers 14:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
- New International Version (NIV)not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.
Context of Numbers 14:23
21but indeed as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, will by no means see the land which I swore to [give to] their fathers; nor will any who treated me disrespectfully and rejected Me see it. 24But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it. 25Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valley; tomorrow turn and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.”
Read all of Numbers 14Numbers 14:23 word by word
אִם־יִרְאוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם וְכָל־מְנַאֲצַ֖י לֹ֥א יִרְאֽוּהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 14:23
- Numbers 26:64But among these there was not a man [left] of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the first time] in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 32:11‘None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not followed Me completely,
- Deuteronomy 1:35‘Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore (solemnly promised) to give to your fathers,
- Nehemiah 9:23You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You told their fathers to enter and possess.
- Psalms 95:11Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath, ‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’ ”
- Psalms 106:26Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,
- Ezekiel 20:15I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, [a land of plenty] flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament and glory of all lands,
- Hebrews 3:17And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?
- Hebrews 4:3For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said, “As I swore [an oath] in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest,” [this He said] although His works were completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].
Commentaries on Numbers 14:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21-23Verses 21-23 Render: But as truly as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord; Numbers 14:22 all those men, etc.; Numbers 14:23 shall not see, etc. Numbers 14:22 These ten times - Ten is the number which imports completeness. Compare Genesis 31:7. The sense is that the measure of their provocation was now full: the day of grace was at last over. However, some enumerate 10 different occasions on which the people had tempted…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 20-35 The Lord granted the prayer of Moses so far as not at once to destroy the congregation. But disbelief of the promise forbids the benefit. Those who despise the pleasant land shall be shut out of it. The promise of God should be fulfilled to their children. They wished to die in the wilderness; God made their sin their ruin, took them at their word, and their carcases fell in the wilderness. They were made to groan under the burden of their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25After leaving the promised land, God told the Israelites to march in the opposite direction. The Red Sea could refer to bodies of water on either side of the Sinai Peninsula (the Gulf of Aqaba or the Gulf of Suez).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-451. all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried--Not literally all, for there were some exceptions.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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