Numbers 14:37 (ASV)

Passage

even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:35 I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

Numbers 14:36 And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

Numbers 14:37 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

Numbers 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

Numbers 14:39 And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "bring", "evil", "report", "land", "died", "plague", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "bring", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "And the men whom Moses sent to..." into verse 38's "But Joshua the son of Nun and...", so "even" and "bring" 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 "even" and "bring" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.