Numbers 14:25

Numbers 14:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
• New International Version (NIV)Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”

Context of Numbers 14:25

23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it. 24But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it. Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.” 26Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 27“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.

Numbers 14:25 word by word

וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּעֵ֑מֶק מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃ פRead the interlinear

• Now since the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵקִי‛ămâlêqîy · AmalekiteH6003
• and Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• are livingיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the valleysעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
• turn backפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• tomorrowמָחָרmâchâr · tomorrowH4279
• and head forנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• along the route toדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• the Redסוּףsûph · Red (Sea)H5488
• Seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Numbers 14:25

• Numbers 13:29The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
• Numbers 14:4So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 1:40But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
• Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
• Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Commentaries on Numbers 14:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Render: And now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are dwelling (or abiding) in the valley: wherefore turn you, etc. (that so ye be not smitten before them). The Amalekites were the nomad bands that roved through the open pastures of the plain Numbers 14:45: the Canaanites, a term here taken in its wider sense, were the Amorites of the neighboring cities (compare Numbers 14:45 with Deuteronomy 1:44), who probably lived in league with the Amalekites…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. 2525. (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley)--that is, on the other side of the Idumean mountain, at whose base they were then encamped. Those nomad tribes had at that time occupied it with a determination to oppose the further progress of the Hebrew people. Hence God gave the command that they seek a safe and timely retreat into the desert, to escape the pursuit of those resolute enemies, to whom, with their wives and children, they…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:25

• Amalekites
• Israel
• Red Sea

In the dictionaries

• Red Sea
• Sea of Reeds, Red Sea
• Caleb
• Exodus
• Mercy
• Tell
• Waste
• Agrapha
• Atonement
• Chronicles, Books of

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