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Tomorrow you must set out for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />(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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valley; tomorrow turn and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the lowlands, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the lowlands, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Now listen, Moses! The Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys of Canaan. And tomorrow, you'll need to turn around and head back into the desert toward the Red Sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />(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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />in whose valleys the Amalekites and the Canaanites now live. Turn back tomorrow and go into the wilderness in the direction of the Gulf of Aqaba." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite live in the valley. Tomorrow, turn and then travel to the wilderness in the direction of the Reed Sea."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites were living in the valleys.) Tomorrow, turn and journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn, and go into the wilderness by the way to the Sea at the End."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(Now the Amalekites, and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and pass into the wilderness, by the way of the Red sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; tomorrow turn and journey for yourselves into the wilderness—the way of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness -- the way of the Red Sea.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the Amalekites and the Canaanites will dwell in the valley. Tomorrow turn ye; they shall remove for you into the desert the way of the sea of sedge.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite dwell in the valleys. To morrow remove the camp, and return into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys. Tomorrow, move the camp and return into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But now, since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn away tomorrow and set out into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea road.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys, turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the mountains.) Tomorrow turn and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the mountains; tomorrow turn and move you to the wilderness to the way of the Sea of Reeds.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But Amalec and the Chananite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/14-25.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=4484" 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">24</span>But 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. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6003.htm" title="6003: wə·hā·‘ă·mā·lê·qî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Amalek. Patronymically from Amaleq; an Amalekite or descendants of Amalek.">Now since the Amalekites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">and Canaanites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">are living</a> <a href="/hebrew/6010.htm" title="6010: bā·‘ê·meq (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A vale. From amaq; a vale.">in the valleys,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437: pə·nū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To turn. A primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. Appear, look, etc.">turn back</a> <a href="/hebrew/4279.htm" title="4279: mā·ḥār (Adv) -- Tomorrow, in time to come. Probably from 'achar; properly, deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter.">tomorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: ū·sə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">and head for</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: ham·miḏ·bār (Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">along the route to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5488.htm" title="5488: sūp̄ (N-ms) -- Reeds, rushes. Probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus.">the Red</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yam- (N-msc) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">Sea.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,…<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="/exodus/23-20.htm">Exodus 23:20-23</a></span><br />Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. / Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him. / But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40</a></span><br />But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”<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/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="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a></span><br />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? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Deuteronomy 2:1</a></span><br />Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/14-7.htm">Joshua 14:7-10</a></span><br />I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report. / Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God. / 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="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-11</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. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Deuteronomy 32:10</a></span><br />He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm">Nehemiah 9:19-21</a></span><br />You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go. / You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. / For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40-53</a></span><br />How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! / Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. / They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary, ...<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/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a></span><br />Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36-39</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. / This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ / He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. ...<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, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelled in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.</p><p class="hdg">the Amalekites</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Numbers 13:29</a></b></br> The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.</p><p class="hdg">turn you</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-4.htm">Numbers 14:4</a></b></br> And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40</a></b></br> But <i>as for</i> you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/81-11.htm">Psalm 81:11-13</a></b></br> But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/17-13.htm">Amalekite</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/numbers/9-18.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/numbers/12-15.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/4-8.htm">Red</a> <a href="/numbers/11-32.htm">Round</a> <a href="/matthew/2-12.htm">Route</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/exodus/32-5.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/numbers/14-4.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/genesis/37-14.htm">Vale</a> <a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/13-21.htm">Way</a> <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/14-43.htm">Amalekite</a> <a href="/numbers/14-43.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/numbers/14-43.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/numbers/14-43.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/numbers/20-22.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/19-2.htm">Red</a> <a href="/numbers/16-24.htm">Round</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Route</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/numbers/16-5.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/numbers/16-5.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/numbers/21-33.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Vale</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/numbers/21-14.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Way</a> <a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Yourselves</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'; 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The Amalekites, descendants of Esau, were known for their hostility towards Israel, first attacking them at Rephidim (<a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8-16</a>). The Canaanites, inhabitants of the Promised Land, were known for their fortified cities and military strength. The mention of these groups living in the valleys highlights the immediate threat they posed to the Israelites, who were not yet ready to confront such adversaries due to their lack of faith and disobedience (<a href="/numbers/14.htm">Numbers 14:1-4</a>). This context underscores the Israelites' need for divine guidance and protection.<p><b>turn back tomorrow</b><br>This command signifies a divine directive for immediate action. The Israelites were to change their course of action due to their rebellion and lack of faith in God's promise to give them the land. This turning back represents a physical and spiritual retreat, as they were not prepared to enter the Promised Land. It serves as a consequence of their unbelief and a reminder of the importance of trusting in God's timing and plan.<p><b>and head for the wilderness</b><br>The wilderness represents a place of testing, discipline, and reliance on God. For the Israelites, it was a place where they would wander for 40 years as a result of their disobedience (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>). This period was meant to refine and prepare a new generation to enter the Promised Land. The wilderness journey is symbolic of the Christian life, where believers often face trials and must depend on God's provision and guidance.<p><b>along the route to the Red Sea</b><br>The Red Sea, also known as the Sea of Reeds, is significant in Israel's history as the site of their miraculous deliverance from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21-31</a>). This reference serves as a reminder of God's past faithfulness and power. The route to the Red Sea indicates a return to a familiar path, emphasizing the cyclical nature of Israel's journey due to their repeated disobedience. It also foreshadows the eventual fulfillment of God's promises, as the Red Sea crossing prefigures the ultimate deliverance found in Jesus Christ, who leads believers from bondage to freedom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amalekites.htm">Amalekites</a></b><br>A nomadic tribe known for their hostility towards Israel. They were descendants of Esau and often opposed the Israelites during their journey to the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanites.htm">Canaanites</a></b><br>Inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham. They were known for their idolatrous practices and were often in conflict with the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>Refers to the desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years due to their disobedience and lack of faith in God's promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_red_sea.htm">The Red Sea</a></b><br>A significant body of water that the Israelites crossed miraculously during their exodus from Egypt, symbolizing God's deliverance and power.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_command_to_turn_back.htm">The Command to Turn Back</a></b><br>This event marks a pivotal moment where God instructs the Israelites to retreat due to their lack of faith, leading to their prolonged wandering in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites' failure to trust and obey God resulted in a significant setback. Believers today are reminded of the importance of obedience to God's guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_unbelief.htm">Consequences of Unbelief</a></b><br>The command to turn back highlights the serious consequences of unbelief. Christians are encouraged to trust in God's promises, even when circumstances seem daunting.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_plan.htm">God's Sovereignty and Plan</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' disobedience, God's plan for His people remained intact. This teaches us that God's purposes will ultimately prevail, even when we falter.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith.htm">The Importance of Faith</a></b><br>The Israelites' lack of faith serves as a cautionary tale. Believers are called to cultivate a strong faith that trusts in God's provision and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>The account encourages reflection on past failures to avoid repeating them. Christians are urged to learn from the Israelites' mistakes and seek God's wisdom in their journey.<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/why_do_scholars_say_exodus_14_means_reed_sea.htm">Why do some scholars argue that Exodus 14 refers to the Reed Sea rather than the Red Sea, creating a contradiction in traditional interpretations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_hamath's_border_in_israel_historical.htm">Are there historical records outside the Bible confirming the entrance to Hamath (v. 8) as part of Israel's border, or is it solely a biblical claim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_nation_want_egypt_after_miracles.htm">In Numbers 14:2, how plausible is it that a whole nation would suddenly wish to return to Egypt after seeing so many miraculous events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.</span>--There is considerable difficulty in regard to the meaning and connection of these words. They may be attached to the words which precede: "And his seed shall possess it, and the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelling in the valley"--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>shall possess the land occupied by them. There are strong objections, however, to this rendering, as well as to the rendering adopted by the Authorised Version, if the latter be understood as an historical statement respecting the geographical position of the Amalekites and Canaanites, of which Moses can scarcely be supposed to have been ignorant, and which may be assigned with greater probability to the "hill" than to the "valley." (Comp. <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm" title="Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelled in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even to Hormah.">Numbers 14:45</a> and Note; also <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm" title="And the Amorites, which dwelled in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah.">Deuteronomy 1:44</a>, where one or both of these races are spoken of under the name of <span class= "ital">Amorites </span>or <span class= "ital">mountaineers.</span>) The word which is rendered "dwelt" is often used in reference to a temporary sojourn, as, <span class= "ital">e.g., </span>in <a href="/joshua/8-9.htm" title="Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.">Joshua 8:9</a> of the ambuscade sent by Joshua, which "abode" between Bethel and Ai, and in <a href="/1_samuel/25-13.htm" title="And David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred stayed by the stuff.">1Samuel 25:13</a> of a portion of David's men who "abode by the stuff." It is used also in <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm" title="Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelled in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even to Hormah.">Numbers 14:45</a> of this chapter in respect to the position of the Amalekites and Canaanites, whether temporary or permanent, in the "hill," which appears to be used in contrast with the "valley." The passage may be rendered thus: "Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are abiding in the valley," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>are lying in ambuscade in the valley, and waiting for an opportunity to attack the Israelites (comp. <a href="/numbers/14-43.htm" title="For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.">Numbers 14:43</a>). If this interpretation of the words, which is that of Ibn Ezra, be adopted, they afford a strong reason for the command which follows:--"To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea"--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>do not fall into the snare which is laid for you, but turn and go in a contrary direction. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.</span> This parenthesis bears on the face of it several difficulties, both as to the meaning of the statement and as to its position in the text. <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> It has been stated just before (<a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Numbers 13:29</a>) that the "Canaanites" dwelt by the sea, and in the Ghor, and it has been proposed by some to understand under this name the Phoenicians, because "Sidon" was the first-born of Canaan, and because they are known to have occupied the coast. But if "Canaanite" means "Phoenician" in chapter Numbers 13:29, it is difficult to maintain that it is here equivalent to "Amorite." Again, if "Canaanite" be taken in this vaguer sense, yet it is clear that the Amorites dwelt in "the mountain" (cf. <span class="accented">e.g.</span>, verse 45 with <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Deuteronomy 1:44</a>), and not in the lowlands. This has been got over by supposing that <span class="hebrew">עֵמֶק</span> may mean an upland vale, or plateau, such as that to which the Israelites presently ascended. It is, however, a straining of the word to assign such a meaning to it. It is rightly translated by the Septuagint <span class="greek">ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι</span>. And even if one looking down from above might call an upland plain by this name, yet certainly one looking up from below would not. If the word stands rightly in this place, <span class="hebrew">בָּעֵמֶק</span> must mean "in the Wady Murreh," the broad sandy strait which bounded the "mountain of the Amorite" on the south. If so, we must conclude that not only the roving Amalekites, but also the Canaanites, or Amorites, had established themselves in some parts of the Wady. <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> It is scarcely credible that an observation of this sort, which would seem unusual and abrupt in any speech, should have formed a part of God's message to Moses. It has no apparent connection with the context. It does not (as often alleged) afford a reason for the command which follows; it was not at all because enemies were already in possession before them that the Israelites had to turn their backs upon the promised land, but because God had withdrawn for the time his promised aid. If the "valley" be the Rakhmah plateau, they had always known that hostile tribes held it, and that they would have to conquer them. That the words are an interpolation, as the A.V. represents them, seems as certain as internal evidence can make it; lint by whom made, and with what intent, is a question which will probably never be answered. It may be worth while to hazard a conjecture that the interpolated words are really connected with what goes before, viz., the promise of inheritance to Caleb. Now that promise was fulfilled in the gift of Hebron to Caleb and his seed (<a href="/joshua/14-14.htm">Joshua 14:14</a>). But we have express mention in <a href="/genesis/37-14.htm">Genesis 37:14</a> of the "vale of Hebron," and the same word, <span class="hebrew">עֵמֶק</span>, is used in the Hebrew. Is it not possible that this parenthesis was originally the gloss of one who had a special interest in the heritage of Caleb, and wished to note that at the time it was given to him "the vale" was occupied by two hostile peoples? Into <span class="cmt_word">the wilderness,</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, the Sinaitic peninsula, as distinguished from Palestine on the one hand, and from Egypt on the other. <span class="cmt_word">By the way of the Red Sea,</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, towards the Red Sea; here apparently the Elanitic Gulf (cf. <a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Numbers 11:31</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/14-25.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">Now since the Amalekites</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ă·mā·lê·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6003.htm">Strong's 6003: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amalekites -- descendants of Amalek</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Canaanites</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are living</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשֵׁ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the valleys,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעֵ֑מֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘ê·meq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6010.htm">Strong's 6010: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vale</span><br /><br /><span class="word">turn back</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנ֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm">Strong's 6437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn, to face, appear, look</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tomorrow</span><br /><span class="heb">מָחָ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ḥār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4279.htm">Strong's 4279: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and head for</span><br /><span class="heb">וּסְע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·sə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wilderness</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along the route to</span><br /><span class="heb">דֶּ֥רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Red</span><br /><span class="heb">סֽוּף׃</span> <span class="translit">(sūp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5488.htm">Strong's 5488: </a> </span><span class="str2">A reed, the papyrus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sea.”</span><br /><span class="heb">יַם־</span> <span class="translit">(yam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">OT Law: Numbers 14:25 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/14-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 14:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/14-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 14:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:26" /></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>