Numbers 14:30

28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

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
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
KJV
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
WEB
surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
ASV
surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
DARBY
shall in no wise come into the land, concerning which I have lifted up my hand to make you dwell in it; save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
BLB
By no means shall you⁺ enter into the land, which I lifted up My hand to make you⁺ dwell in it, except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
ÅB
sannelig, dere skal ikke komme inn i det land som jeg med oppløftet hånd har svoret å ville la dere bo i, undtagen Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, og Josva, Nuns sønn.
OTB
Ingen av dere vil komme inn i landet Jeg sverget å gjøre til deres hjem, unntatt Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, og Josva, Nuns sønn.
B1930
sannelig, I skal ikke komme inn i det land som jeg med opløftet hånd har svoret å ville la eder bo i, undtagen Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, og Josva, Nuns sønn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 1:36–38

    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.

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  • Numbers 14:38

    But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

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  • Numbers 26:65

    For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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  • Genesis 14:22

    And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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  • Numbers 32:12

    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

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