Numbers 14:25
23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
(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.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now 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.”
- 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.
- WEB
- Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
- 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.
- DARBY
- (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, on the way to the Red sea.
- BLB
- And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out for yourselves into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”
- ÅB
- Men amalekittene og kana'anittene bor her i dalen; vend derfor om imorgen og dra ut i ørkenen på veien til det Røde Hav!
- OTB
- Siden amalekittene og kanaaneerne bor i dalene, vend tilbake i morgen og sett kursen mot ørkenen langs veien til Rødehavet.”
- B1930
- Men amalekittene og kana'anittene bor her i dalen; vend derfor om imorgen og dra ut i ørkenen på veien til det Røde Hav!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 1:40
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Read in contextNumbers 13:29
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
Read in contextNumbers 14:4
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Read in contextPsalms 81:11–13
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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