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They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/numbers/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> I, the LORD, have spoken! I will certainly do these things to every member of the community who has conspired against me. They will be destroyed here in this wilderness, and here they will die!” <a href="/esv/numbers/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> I, the LORD, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.” <a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.” <a href="/kjv/numbers/14.htm">King James Bible</a> I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/14.htm">New King James Version</a> I the LORD have spoken this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ” <a href="/nasb_/numbers/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> I, the LORD, have spoken, I certainly will do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. They shall be worn out in this wilderness, and there they shall die.’” <a href="/nasb/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216I, the LORD, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘I, the LORD, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they shall die.’” <a href="/lsb/numbers/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall come to an end, and there they will die.’” <a href="/amp/numbers/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I, the LORD, have spoken. I will most certainly do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, and plagues], and here they shall die.’” <a href="/csb/numbers/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I, the LORD, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against me. They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.” <a href="/hcsb/numbers/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I, Yahweh, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against Me. They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.&#8221 <a href="/asv/numbers/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. <a href="/cev/numbers/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You sinful people who ganged up against me will die here in the desert. <a href="/erv/numbers/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. <a href="/gwt/numbers/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I, the LORD, have spoken. I swear I will do these things to all the people in this whole wicked community who have joined forces against me. They will meet their end in this desert. Here they will die!" <a href="/gnt/numbers/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> I swear that I will do this to you wicked people who have gathered together against me. Here in the wilderness every one of you will die. I, the LORD, have spoken.'" <a href="/isv/numbers/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> I, the LORD, have spoken. I will indeed do this to this evil congregation, who gathered together against me. They'll be eliminated in this wilderness and will surely die." <a href="/msb/numbers/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.? <a href="/net/numbers/14.htm">NET Bible</a> I, the LORD, have said, "I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!"'" <a href="/nheb/numbers/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I, the LORD, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die." <a href="/wbt/numbers/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered against me: in this wilderness, they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. <a href="/web/numbers/14.htm">World English Bible</a> I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> I, YHWH, have spoken; if, nonetheless, I do this to all this evil congregation who are meeting against Me—they are consumed in this wilderness, and there they die.” <a href="/ylt/numbers/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> I am Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; -- in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.' <a href="/slt/numbers/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> I Jehovah spake, if not, I will do this to all this evil assembly setting up against me: in this desert shall they be finished, and there shall they die.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For as I have spoken, so will I do to all this wicked multitude, that hath risen up together against me: in this wilderness shall it faint away and die. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For just as I have spoken, so shall I do, to this entire most wicked multitude, which has risen up together against me. In the wilderness, here shall it fade away and die.” <a href="/nabre/numbers/14.htm">New American Bible</a> I, the LORD, have spoken; and I will surely do this to this entire wicked community that conspired against me: here in the wilderness they shall come to their end and there they will die.” <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I the LORD have spoken; surely I will do thus to all this wicked congregation gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation that are gathered together before me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> I LORD JEHOVAH, I have said that thus I shall do to all of this evil assembly that are assembled before me in this wilderness; they shall be consumed and there they shall die.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against Me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.' <a href="/sep/numbers/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation that has risen up together against me: in this wilderness they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die. <a href="/parallel/numbers/14-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4570" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">God's Forgiveness and Judgment</a> …34In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation. 35<a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">have spoken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">and I will surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ’e·‘ĕ·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">these things</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">to this entire</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: hā·‘ê·ḏāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">congregation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3259.htm" title="3259: han·nō·w·‘ā·ḏîm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To appoint. A primitive root; to fix upon; by implication, to meet, to summon, to direct, to engage.">which has conspired</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against Me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: yit·tam·mū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">They will meet their end</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: wə·šām (Conj-w:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">and there</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: yā·mu·ṯū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">they will die.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a> 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. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-11</a> 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.” ... <a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10-11</a> 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.” <a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-35</a> When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-2</a> 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14-15</a> The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. / Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished. <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15-16</a> 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. <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Psalm 106:26-27</a> So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, / to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. <a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hebrews 3:10-11</a> Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’ / So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” <a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Deuteronomy 9:23-24</a> 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. / You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. <a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Jude 1:5</a> Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe. <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Nehemiah 9:29-30</a> You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. / You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Ezekiel 20:23</a> However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. <a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39-42</a> But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ / At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.I will surely<a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a> God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?this evil<a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Numbers 14:27-29</a> How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me… <a href="/numbers/26-65.htm">Numbers 26:65</a> For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.<a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5,11</a> But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Banded</a> <a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Community</a> <a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/numbers/14-15.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/4-18.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/numbers/14-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/6-9.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/13-25.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/numbers/11-24.htm">Together</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/numbers/16-11.htm">Banded</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Community</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/16-26.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/21-3.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/numbers/15-31.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/numbers/16-2.htm">Together</a> <a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/numbers/16-26.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 14</div>1. <a href="/numbers/14-1.htm">The people murmur at the news</a> 6. <a href="/numbers/14-6.htm">Joshua and Caleb labor to still them</a> 11. <a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">God threatens them</a> 13. <a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon</a> 26. <a href="/numbers/14-26.htm">The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land</a> 36. <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">The men who raised the evil report die by a plague</a> 40. <a href="/numbers/14-40.htm">The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>I, the LORD, have spoken This phrase emphasizes the authority and finality of God's word. In the biblical context, when God speaks, it is a declaration of His sovereign will. This echoes the creation narrative in Genesis where God speaks the world into existence. It also reflects the prophetic tradition where God's word is seen as powerful and unchangeable (<a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>).and I will surely do these things This underscores God's faithfulness to His word, both in promises and judgments. It reflects the certainty of divine action, reminiscent of God's covenantal faithfulness seen throughout the Old Testament, such as His promises to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>) and the fulfillment of those promises despite human unfaithfulness.to this entire wicked congregation The term "wicked congregation" refers to the Israelites who rebelled against God by refusing to enter the Promised Land. This rebellion is detailed in <a href="/numbers/13.htm">Numbers 13-14</a>, where the people, influenced by the negative report of the spies, doubted God's promise. The term "wicked" highlights their lack of faith and disobedience, which is a recurring theme in Israel's wilderness journey.which has conspired against Me This phrase indicates a deliberate and collective rebellion against God's authority. The conspiracy involved rejecting God's appointed leaders, Moses and Aaron, and desiring to return to Egypt (<a href="/numbers/14.htm">Numbers 14:1-4</a>). This act of rebellion is seen as a direct affront to God's leadership and provision, similar to the rebellion of Korah (Numbers 16).They will meet their end in the wilderness This is a pronouncement of judgment, where the consequence of their unbelief is to die in the wilderness rather than enter the Promised Land. This judgment is a direct result of their lack of faith and serves as a warning to future generations about the seriousness of disobedience to God. It also foreshadows the New Testament teaching on the consequences of unbelief (<a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a>).and there they will die. The finality of this statement emphasizes the seriousness of God's judgment. The wilderness becomes both a physical and spiritual place of death for the faithless generation. This serves as a typology of spiritual death resulting from sin and rebellion, contrasting with the life and rest promised in Christ (<a href="/hebrews/4.htm">Hebrews 4:1-11</a>). The wilderness experience is a powerful reminder of the need for faith and obedience to enter into God's rest.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is just and holy, and who speaks with authority and finality. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_evil_congregation.htm">The Evil Congregation</a> Refers to the Israelites who rebelled against God by refusing to enter the Promised Land due to fear and lack of faith. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years as a consequence of their disobedience and lack of trust in God. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a> Leaders of the Israelites who interceded on behalf of the people, pleading for God's mercy. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land (Canaan)</a> The land promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which the Israelites were initially afraid to enter.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a> God's response to the Israelites' rebellion highlights the seriousness of disobedience and lack of faith. It serves as a warning to us to trust in God's promises and commands. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unbelief.htm">The Consequences of Unbelief</a> The Israelites' failure to enter the Promised Land due to unbelief is a powerful reminder that unbelief can prevent us from experiencing God's blessings. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_word.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Word</a> God declared, "I, the LORD, have spoken," emphasizing His faithfulness to His word, whether in blessing or judgment. We can trust that God will fulfill His promises. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a> Moses and Aaron's intercession for the people shows the importance of praying for others, especially when they are in rebellion or sin. <a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a> The account of the Israelites in the wilderness is a lesson for us to learn from past mistakes and to cultivate a heart of faith and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 14</a> <a href="/q/who_was_caleb_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Caleb in the Bible?</a> <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> <a href="/q/is_there_a_38_vs._40-year_timeline_issue.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14 notes a 38-year delay, yet the Bible elsewhere often references 40 years; is there a timeline inconsistency?</a> <a href="/q/why_address_women's_inheritance_later.htm">Numbers 27:1-11: If God's law was perfect, why did He only address women's inheritance rights after Zelophehad's daughters complained?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a> <a href="/commentaries/numbers/14-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I, אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I the LORD, יְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel have spoken, דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ (dib·bar·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue and I will surely אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not do אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗ה (’e·‘ĕ·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make these things זֹ֣את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, to this entire לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every wicked הָֽרָעָה֙ (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil congregation, הָעֵדָ֤ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> A stated assemblage which has conspired הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים (han·nō·w·‘ā·ḏîm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3259.htm">Strong's 3259: </a> To fix upon, to meet, to summon, to direct, to engage against Me. עָלָ֑י (‘ā·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against They will meet their end יִתַּ֖מּוּ (yit·tam·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> To be complete or finished in the wilderness, בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech and there וְשָׁ֥ם (wə·šām) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither they will die.” יָמֻֽתוּ׃ (yā·mu·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/14-35.htm">Numbers 14:35 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/14-35.htm">OT Law: Numbers 14:35 I Yahweh have spoken surely this will (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/14-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 14:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/14-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 14:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:36" /></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>