Numbers 14:30 (ASV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:28 Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Numbers 14:29 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,

Numbers 14:30 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.

Numbers 14:31 But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.

Numbers 14:32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "surely", "shall", "come", "land", "concerning", "sware", "make", and "dwell". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "surely" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "your dead bodies shall fall in this..." into verse 31's "But your little ones that ye said...", so "surely" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "surely" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.