Numbers 14:25 (DBY)

Passage

(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.

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:26 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Numbers 14:27 How long [shall I bear] with this evil assembly, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "amalekites", "canaanites", "dwell", "valley", "to-morrow", "turn", "take", and "journey". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "amalekites" and "canaanites", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "But my servant Caleb because he hath..." into verse 26's "And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to...", so "amalekites" and "canaanites" 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 "amalekites" and "canaanites" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.