Numbers 14:22 (DBY)

Passage

for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:20 And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.

Numbers 14:21 But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!

Numbers 14:22 for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

Numbers 14:23 shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised me shall see it.

Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he hath another spirit in him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he came; and his seed shall possess it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seen", "glory", "signs", "egypt", "wilderness", "tempted", "times", and "hearkened". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seen" and "glory", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "But as surely as I live all..." into verse 23's "shall in no wise see the land...", so "seen" and "glory" 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 "seen" and "glory" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.