Numbers 14:23

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware vnto their fathers, neither shall any of them that prouoked me, see it.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:
- American Standard Version (1901)

They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.
- Basic English Bible

shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised me shall see it.
- Darby Bible

Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
- Webster's Bible

surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it:
- World English Bible

they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it;
- Youngs Literal Bible

surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Numbers 14:23

14:21 With the glory of the Lord - With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people.

14:22 My glory - That is, my glorious appearances in the cloud, and in the tabernacle. Ten times - That is, many times. A certain number for an uncertain.

14:24 Caleb - Joshua is not named, because he was not now among the people, but a constant attendant upon Moses, nor was he to be reckoned as one of them, any more than Moses and Aaron were, because he was to be their chief commander. He had another spirit - Was a man of another temper, faithful and courageous, not acted by that evil spirit of cowardice, unbelief, disobedience, which ruled in his brethren but by the spirit of God. Fully - Universally and constantly, through difficulties and dangers, which made his partners halt. Whereinto he went - In general, Canaan, and particularly Hebron, and the adjacent parts, #Jos 14:9|.

14:25 In the valley - Beyond the mountain, at the foot whereof they now were, #Num 14:40|. And this clause is added, either As an aggravation of Israel's misery and punishment, that being now ready to enter and take possession of the land, they are forced to go back into the wilderness or As an argument to oblige them more willingly to obey the following command of returning into the wilderness, because their enemies were very near them, and severed from them only by that Idumean mountain, and, if they did not speedily depart, their enemies would fall upon them, and so the evil which before they causelessly feared would come upon them; they, their wives and their children, would become a prey to the Amalekites and Canaanites, because God would not assist nor defend them. By the way of the Red - sea - That leadeth to the Red - sea, and to Egypt, the place whither you desire to return.