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Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that you have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your children, however, whom you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey— I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey—I will bring them in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your little ones, however, who you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, so that they will know the land which you have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But your children whom you said would become plunder, I will bring in, and they will know the land which you have despised <i>and</i> rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You were worried that your own children would be captured. But I, the LORD, will let them enter the land you have rejected. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You said your children would be taken as prisoners of war. Instead, I will bring them into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You said that your children would be captured, but I will bring them into the land that you rejected, and it will be their home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />However, I'll bring your little ones—the ones whom you claimed would become war victims—into the land so that they'll know by experience the land that you've rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected?and they will enjoy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But I will bring in your little ones that you said should be captured or killed, and they shall know the land which you have rejected. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />As for your infants—of whom you have said, They become a spoil—I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which you have kicked against;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'As to your infants -- of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become -- I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And your little ones which ye said shall be for a prey, and I brought them in, and they shall know the land which ye rejected.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But your children, of whom you said, that they should be a prey to the enemies, will I bring in: that they may see the land which you have despised. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But your little ones, about whom you said that they would be a prey to the enemies, I will lead them in, so that they may see the land that has displeased you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your little ones, however, who you said would be taken as spoil, I will bring in, and they shall know the land you rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But your little ones, who you said would become booty, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that you have despised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But your little ones, who you said would become the prey, and your sons who today do not know good and evil, they shall enter into the land, and I will bring them there, and they shall know the land which you have despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And your little ones which you have said will be for prey, and your sons who have not known good and evil, today those shall enter the land and I shall bring them and they shall know the land which you rejected.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But your little ones, that ye said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And your little ones, who ye said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which ye rejected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/14-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4534" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">God's Forgiveness and Judgment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2945.htm" title="2945: wə·ṭap·pə·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Children. From taphaph; a family.">But I will bring your children,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ă·mar·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">you said</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">would become</a> <a href="/hebrew/957.htm" title="957: lā·ḇaz (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Spoiling, robbery, spoil, booty. From bazaz; plunder.">plunder,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3988.htm" title="3988: mə·’as·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To spurn, to disappear. A primitive root; to spurn; also to disappear.">you have rejected</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">and they will enjoy it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-39.htm">Deuteronomy 1:39</a></span><br />And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24-27</a></span><br />They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. / So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a></span><br />For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-8.htm">Deuteronomy 11:8-9</a></span><br />You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, / and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/14-9.htm">Joshua 14:9</a></span><br />On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15-16</a></span><br />Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— / because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10-12</a></span><br />And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build, / with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied, / be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Nehemiah 9:23-24</a></span><br />You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess. / So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Deuteronomy 9:23</a></span><br />And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10-11</a></span><br />For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” / So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">Deuteronomy 31:7-8</a></span><br />Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. / The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But your little ones, which you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.</p><p class="hdg">little ones</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/26-6.htm">Numbers 26:6,64</a></b></br> Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-39.htm">Deuteronomy 1:39</a></b></br> Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.</p><p class="hdg">ye said</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-3.htm">Numbers 14:3</a></b></br> And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?</p><p class="hdg">know.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-34.htm">Genesis 25:34</a></b></br> Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised <i>his</i> birthright.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24</a></b></br> Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-25.htm">Proverbs 1:25,30</a></b></br> But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/14-23.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-43.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/numbers/8-12.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">However</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Kicked</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/numbers/14-9.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/numbers/11-20.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/numbers/14-3.htm">Strange</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/15-31.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/numbers/36-8.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/numbers/14-40.htm">However</a> <a href="/numbers/31-9.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Kicked</a> <a href="/numbers/31-11.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/numbers/23-24.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/numbers/31-9.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/numbers/26-61.htm">Strange</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-1.htm">The people murmur at the news</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-6.htm">Joshua and Caleb labor to still them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">God threatens them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-26.htm">The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">The men who raised the evil report die by a plague</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-40.htm">The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But I will bring your children</b><br>This phrase highlights God's promise to the Israelites that, despite their disobedience and lack of faith, their descendants will inherit the Promised Land. This reflects God's faithfulness to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The children represent a new generation that will not bear the consequences of their parents' unbelief. This also underscores the biblical theme of God’s mercy and grace, as seen in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a>, which speaks of God keeping His covenant to a thousand generations.<p><b>whom you said would become plunder</b><br>The Israelites expressed fear that their children would be taken as captives or killed by the inhabitants of Canaan (<a href="/numbers/14-3.htm">Numbers 14:3</a>). This reflects a lack of trust in God's protection and provision. Historically, the fear of children becoming plunder was a common concern in ancient warfare, where the victors often took captives. This phrase serves as a rebuke to the Israelites' faithlessness and a reminder of God's power to protect and fulfill His promises.<p><b>into the land you have rejected</b><br>The land refers to Canaan, the Promised Land, which the Israelites refused to enter due to fear and disbelief after the report of the spies (<a href="/numbers/13-31.htm">Numbers 13:31-33</a>). This rejection is symbolic of rejecting God's plan and provision. Theologically, it represents a broader theme of human rebellion against divine will, as seen in other biblical narratives like the story of Jonah. The rejection of the land is akin to rejecting God's blessings and purposes.<p><b>and they will enjoy it</b><br>This phrase indicates that the children will not only enter the land but will also thrive there, experiencing the fullness of God's blessings. It contrasts with the fate of the current generation, who will die in the wilderness. The enjoyment of the land is a fulfillment of God's promise and a testament to His faithfulness. It also prefigures the ultimate rest and blessing found in Christ, as the Promised Land is often seen as a type of the eternal rest believers find in Jesus (<a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8-10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and were journeying to the Promised Land. They doubted God's promise and feared the inhabitants of Canaan.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land (Canaan)</a></b><br>The land God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It represents God's faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_children_of_the_israelites.htm">The Children of the Israelites</a></b><br>The next generation who were promised entry into the Promised Land despite their parents' unbelief and rebellion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who interceded for the people when God threatened to destroy them for their lack of faith.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The place where the Israelites wandered for 40 years as a consequence of their disobedience and lack of faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' rebellion, God remained faithful to His promise to bring their descendants into the Promised Land. This teaches us that God's promises are sure and steadfast.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_unbelief.htm">Consequences of Unbelief</a></b><br>The Israelites' lack of faith resulted in a generation missing out on God's blessings. We must trust in God's word and not let fear or doubt rob us of His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_future_generations.htm">Hope for Future Generations</a></b><br>Even when a generation fails, God can raise up the next generation to fulfill His purposes. This encourages us to invest in and pray for the faith of future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_grace_and_mercy.htm">God's Grace and Mercy</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' rebellion, God showed mercy by allowing their children to enter the land. This reminds us of God's grace and the opportunity for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_galilee's_role_in_the_bible.htm">Why did God command killing Midianites, including children?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joshua_14_9_align_with_history.htm">In Joshua 14:9, how do we reconcile the promise made by Moses to Caleb with the sparse extrabiblical records of such a grant?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_patience_consistent_with_swift_judgment.htm">Numbers 14:18 insists that God is slow to anger yet punishes sin; how can this be consistent with the immediate, severe judgment in the same chapter?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_chronicles_14_5-7__exaggeration_or_culture.htm">1 Chronicles 14:5-7 - Does the large number of children born to David in Jerusalem suggest an exaggerated account or a cultural practice at odds with later moral teachings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/14-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But I will bring your children,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטַ֨פְּכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭap·pə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2945.htm">Strong's 2945: </a> </span><span class="str2">A family</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you said</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·mar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would become</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">plunder,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָבַ֣ז</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḇaz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_957.htm">Strong's 957: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spoiling, robbery, spoil, booty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵבֵיאתִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have rejected—</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאַסְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’as·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3988.htm">Strong's 3988: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spurn, to disappear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they will enjoy it.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָֽדְעוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/14-31.htm">OT Law: Numbers 14:31 But your little ones that you said (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/14-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 14:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/14-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 14:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>