Numbers 14:25
in Numbers 14Now 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Render: And now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are dwelling (or abiding) in the valley: wherefore turn you, etc. (that so ye be not smitten before them). The Amalekites were the nomad bands that roved through the open pastures of the plain Num 14:45: the Canaanites, a term here taken in its wider sense, were the Amorites of the neighboring cities (compare Num 14:45 with Deu 1:44), who probably lived in league with the Amalekites. Tomorrow - Not necessarily the next day, but an idiom for “hereafter,” “henceforward” (compare the marginal reading in Exo 13:14; Jos 4:6).
This site's exposition
my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit
on Numbers 14:24-25
Caleb is named alone here and Joshua is added at verse 30, and the reason given for Caleb is another spirit with him and following fully. The land he walked in is the land his seed will hold, which Joshua 14:6-14 records him claiming forty-five years later at eighty-five. Then the order of march reverses, back toward the Red sea, which is the direction they came from.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It is not made worse than really it was, but is shown to be exceedingly sinful. It was an evil congregation, each bad, but altogether in congregation, very bad. They tempted God--tempted his power, whether he could help them in their straits--his goodness, whether he would--and his faithfulness, whether his promise would be performed.
To-morrow turn you; that is, "Very shortly you shall be brought back to that vast howling wilderness which you are so weary of. And it is time to shift for your own safety, for the Amalekites lie in wait in the valley, ready to attack you if you march forward." Of them they had been distrustfully afraid ( ch. xiii.
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And now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley)--that is, on the other side of the Idumean mountain, at whose base they were then encamped. Those nomad tribes had at that time occupied it with a determination to oppose the further progress of the Hebrew people.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י | vehaamalki | and the Amalekite[s] | H6003 → | 12 times |
| וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י | vehakenaani | and the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| יוֹשֵׁ֣ב | yoshev | [was] dwelling | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָּעֵ֑מֶק | baemek | in the valley[s] | H6010 → | |
| מָחָ֗ר | machar | tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| פְּנ֨וּ | penu | turn | H6437 → | 135 times |
| וּסְע֥וּ | useu | and set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | for <the> yourselves | ||
| הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר | hamidbar | the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| דֶּ֥רֶךְ | derekh | [the] way of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| יַם־ | yam- | [the] sea of | H3220 → | 396 times |
| סֽוּף׃ פ | suf | reed[s] | H5488 → | 28 times |
וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥יand the Amalekite[s]
vehaamalkiH6003 →12 times
וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יand the Canaanite[s]
vehakenaaniH3669 →73 times
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב[was] dwelling
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
בָּעֵ֑מֶקin the valley[s]
baemekH6010 →
מָחָ֗רtomorrow
macharH4279 →52 times
פְּנ֨וּturn
penuH6437 →135 times
וּסְע֥וּand set out
useuH5265 →146 times
לָכֶ֛םfor <the> yourselves
lakhem
הַמִּדְבָּ֖רthe wilderness
hamidbarH4057 →270 times
דֶּ֥רֶךְ[the] way of
derekhH1870 →707 times
יַם־[the] sea of
yam-H3220 →396 times
סֽוּף׃ פreed[s]
sufH5488 →28 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
it leads to
- Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
- Job 4:8
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Proverbs 22:8
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- Galatians 6:7–8
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Proverbs 14:14
Through
Numbers 14:4So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
it leads to
- Acts 7:39
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
- Nehemiah 9:16–17
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
- Acts 7:39
Through
Numbers 13:29The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
it leads to
- Numbers 14:43
For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
- Numbers 14:43
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.