Numbers 14:8
in Numbers 14If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
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ASV
If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
KJV
If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The land we passed through and explored
on Numbers 14:7-9
Joshua and Caleb dispute none of the facts and draw the opposite conclusion. The land is exceedingly good, the LORD will bring us in if He delights in us, and the people will be like bread for us. The only danger they name is the camp's own rebellion.
This site's exposition
If the LORD delights in us
The condition is the LORD's delight, and verse 9 names the one thing that could forfeit it, rebellion. David uses the same word in Psalm 18:19, where the LORD rescued him because He delighted in him. Exodus 3:8 first gave that promise.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and they spoke as with authority. (1.) They assured them of the goodness of the land they had surveyed, and that it was really worth venturing for, and not a land that ate up the inhabitants, as the evil spies had represented it. It is an exceedingly good land (
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If the Lord delight in us,.... Continue to delight in them as he had, and as appears by what he had done for, them in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; see Deu 10:15, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us, as he has promised: a land which floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord himself hath described it, and as the unbelieving spies themselves had owned it; Num 13:27.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| חָפֵ֥ץ | chafetz | he delights | H2654 → | |
| בָּ֙נוּ֙ | banu | in <the> us | ||
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהֵבִ֤יא | vehevi' | and he will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ | ʾotanu | <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאָ֣רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וּנְתָנָ֖הּ | unetanah | and he will give it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָ֑נוּ | lanu | to <the> us | ||
| אֶ֕רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִ֛וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| זָבַ֥ת | zavat | [is] flowing of | H2100 → | 42 times |
| חָלָ֖ב | chalav | milk | H2461 → | 44 times |
| וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ | udevash | and honey | H1706 → | 54 times |
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
חָפֵ֥ץhe delights
chafetzH2654 →
בָּ֙נוּ֙in <the> us
banu
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהֵבִ֤יאand he will bring
vehevi'H935 →2568 times
אֹתָ֙נוּ֙<obj.> us
ʾotanuH853 →10935 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאָ֣רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
וּנְתָנָ֖הּand he will give it
unetanahH5414 →2011 times
לָ֑נוּto <the> us
lanu
אֶ֕רֶץa land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִ֛ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
זָבַ֥ת[is] flowing of
zavatH2100 →42 times
חָלָ֖בmilk
chalavH2461 →44 times
וּדְבָֽשׁ׃and honey
udevashH1706 →54 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
Isaiah 62:4No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will…
it leads to
- Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Hosea 2:19–20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- Isaiah 62:12
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Isaiah 54:5–7
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Jeremiah 32:41
Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Zephaniah 3:17
Through
Numbers 13:27And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
it leads to
- Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
- Exodus 3:8
Through
2 Samuel 22:20He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
it leads to
- Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Psalms 31:8
Through
Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:37
Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
- Deuteronomy 4:37
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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; 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.