Numbers 14:29

Verse

Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,

Free Bible Version

All of you will die in this desert, everyone who was registered in the census that counted those aged twenty or over, because you made complaints against me.

King James (Authorized) Version

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,

One Unity Resource Bible

Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,

Translation for Translators

I will cause all of you to die here in this desert! Because you grumbled about me, none of you who are more than 20 years old and who were counted when Moses counted everyone

Unlocked Literal Bible

Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, all you who complained against me, you who were counted in the census, the whole number of the people from twenty years old and upward.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me,

Young's Literal Translation

in this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me;

Context

God’s Forgiveness and Judgment

²⁸So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.²⁹Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.

Sermons

(Gospel in the Book of Esther) 1. the Doom of the People

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Summary

In Numbers 14:29, God declares the consequence of the Israelites' lack of faith and disobedience, stating that none of the adults who left Egypt would enter the Promised Land except for Caleb and Joshua. This pronouncement serves as a severe judgment for their rebellion and refusal to trust in God's power and promises. It underscores the importance of faith and obedience in experiencing God's blessings and fulfilling His plans. The verse highlights the principle of reaping what one sows, as the Israelites' disbelief led to them missing out on the inheritance God had prepared for them. Ultimately, Numbers 14:29 serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of unbelief and the faithfulness of God to His word.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land,.... The land of Canaan; or "if ye shall come" (a); that is, I swear ye shall not, so the Targum of Jonathan: concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein; not them personally, but the people and nation of which they were, and to which they belonged, the seed and posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to whom the oath was made: save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun; who brought a good report of the land. Caleb is mentioned first, as Aben Ezra thinks, because he first appeased and quieted the people; but in Num 14:38 Joshua stands first, so that nothing is to be inferred from hence; these were the only two of the spies that went into the land of Canaan, Num 13:4; and the only two of the Israelites that were numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, Num 14:29; those of the tribe of Levi, not being in that account, must be remembered to be excepted also. (a) "si vos ingressi fueritis", Pagninus, Montanus.