Numbers 14:29 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:31 But your children, of whom you said, that they should be a prey to the enemies, will I bring in: that they may see the land which you have despised.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wilderness", "shall", "carcasses", "numbered", "twenty", "years", "upward", and "murmured". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wilderness" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "Say therefore to them As I live..." into verse 30's "Shall not enter into the land over...", so "wilderness" and "shall" 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 "wilderness" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.