Numbers 14:23

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

21however, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22Certainly all the people who have seen My glory and My 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, shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who were disrespectful to Me see it. 24But as for My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it. 25Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”

Numbers 14:23 word by word

אִם־יִרְאוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם וְכָל־מְנַאֲצַ֖י לֹ֥א יִרְאֽוּהָ׃Read the interlinear

• shall by noאִם'im · ifH518
• seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• I sworeשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• to their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• shall anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of those who wereנָאַץnâ'ats · to spurnH5006

Cross-references for Numbers 14:23

• Numbers 26:64But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel 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 swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully,
• Deuteronomy 1:35‘Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers,
• Nehemiah 9:23You made their sons as numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
• Psalms 95:11Therefore I swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My rest.”
• Psalms 106:26Therefore He swore to them That He would have them fall in the wilderness,
• Ezekiel 20:15Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all the lands,
• Hebrews 3:17And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?
• Hebrews 4:3For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “As I swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My rest,” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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

Topics related to Numbers 14:23

• Disobedience to God
• Impenitence
• Israel
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
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• Exodus, the Book of
• Genealogy

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