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

23None of those who treat me with contempt will see it! 24But because my servant Caleb has a different attitude and has wholeheartedly followed me, I’ll bring him to the land he already explored. His descendants will possess it. (The Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys.) Tomorrow you must turn around, go back into the desert, and follow the road that goes to the Red Sea.” 26Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 27“How long must I put up with this wicked community that keeps complaining about me? I’ve heard the complaints the Israelites are making about me.

Numbers 14:25 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵקִי‛ămâlêqîy · AmalekiteH6003
• and the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
• To morrowמָחָרmâchâr · tomorrowH4279
• turnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• you, and getנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• you into the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• of the Redסוּףsûph · Red (Sea)H5488
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Numbers 14:25

• Numbers 13:29The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the mountain region. And the Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and all along the Jordan River.”
• Numbers 14:4They said to each other, “Let’s choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 1:40Turn around, go back into the desert, and follow the road that goes to the Red Sea.”
• Psalms 81:11“But my people did not listen to me. Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
• Proverbs 1:31They will eat the fruit of their lifestyle. They will be stuffed with their own schemes.

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