Numbers 14:39 (DBY)

Passage

And Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:37 even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.

Numbers 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.

Numbers 14:39 And Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.

Numbers 14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.

Numbers 14:41 And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "told", "sayings", "children", "israel", "people", "mourned", and "greatly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "told", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "But Joshua the son of Nun and..." into verse 40's "And they rose up early in the...", so "moses" and "told" 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 "moses" and "told" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.