Numbers 14:28 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

Numbers 14:30 Shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my hand to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "live", "saith", "lord", "spoken", and "hearing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "live", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "How long doth this wicked multitude murmur..." into verse 29's "In the wilderness shall your carcasses lie...", so "therefore" and "live" 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 "therefore" and "live" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.