Numbers 14:7 (DRB)

Passage

And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel: The land which we have gone round is very good:

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:5 And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude of the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:6 But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephone, who themselves also had viewed the land, rent their garments,

Numbers 14:7 And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel: The land which we have gone round is very good:

Numbers 14:8 If the Lord be favourable, he will bring us into it, and give us a land flowing with milk and honey.

Numbers 14:9 Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear ye not the people of this land, for we are able to eat them up as bread. All aid is gone from them: the Lord is with us, fear ye not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "multitude", "children", "israel", "land", "gone", "round", and "very". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "multitude", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "But Josue the son of Nun and..." into verse 8's "If the Lord be favourable he will...", so "said" and "multitude" 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 "said" and "multitude" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.