Numbers 14:35
in Numbers 14I, 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseTheir fathers had such a value for Canaan that they desired to have their dead bodies carried thither to be buried, in token of their dependence upon God's promise that they should have that land for a possession: but these, having despised that good land and disbelieved the promise of it, shall not have the honour to be buried in it, but shall have their graves in the wilderness.
This site's exposition
I will surely do these things
on Numbers 14:35-38
The ten men who brought the report die first, by plague, before any of the forty years begins. The text charges them with bringing up a slander upon the land, so the offence is what they said about a place.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The frequent repetitions of the same things in it speak these resolves to be unalterable. Let us see the particulars. The extremity of the sentence is receded from (
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The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָה֮ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ | dibarti | I have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֣א׀ | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| זֹ֣את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗ה | ʾeeseh | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעֵדָ֤ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| הָֽרָעָה֙ | haraah | <the> evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים | hanoadim | which has gathered | H3259 → | 29 times |
| עָלָ֑י | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| הַזֶּ֛ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| יִתַּ֖מּוּ | yitamu | they will meet their end | H8552 → | 63 times |
| וְשָׁ֥ם | vesham | and there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יָמֻֽתוּ׃ | yamutu | they will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָה֮Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
דִּבַּרְתִּי֒I have spoken
dibartiH1696 →1141 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
לֹ֣א׀not
lo'H3808 →5168 times
זֹ֣אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗הI will do
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
הָעֵדָ֤הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
הָֽרָעָה֙<the> evil
haraahH7451 →662 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
הַנּוֹעָדִ֖יםwhich has gathered
hanoadimH3259 →29 times
עָלָ֑יon me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
בַּמִּדְבָּ֥רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
הַזֶּ֛ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
יִתַּ֖מּוּthey will meet their end
yitamuH8552 →63 times
וְשָׁ֥םand there
veshamH8033 →834 times
יָמֻֽתוּ׃they will die
yamutuH4191 →839 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
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:29
Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Hebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- 1 Samuel 15:29
Through
1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
it leads to
- Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- Romans 15:4
Through
1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
it leads to
- Jude 1:5
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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 3:17
And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- Jude 1:5
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on 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.
