Numbers 14:23 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, on the way to the Red sea.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "wise", "land", "swear", "fathers", "none", and "despised". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "wise", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "for all those men who have seen..." into verse 24's "But my servant Caleb because he hath...", so "shall" and "wise" 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 "shall" and "wise" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.