Numbers 14:27 (DRB)

Passage

How long doth this wicked multitude murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:25 For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite dwell in the valleys. To morrow remove the camp, and return into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

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

Numbers 14:27 How long doth this wicked multitude murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:28 Say therefore to them: As I live, saith the Lord: According as you have spoken in my hearing, so will I do to you.

Numbers 14:29 In the wilderness shall your carcasses lie. All you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, and have murmured against me,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "long", "doth", "wicked", "multitude", "murmur", "against", "heard", and "murmurings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "long" and "doth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "And the Lord spoke to Moses and..." into verse 28's "Say therefore to them As I live...", so "long" and "doth" 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 "long" and "doth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.