Numbers 14:9 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:10 And when all the multitude cried out, and would have stoned them, the glory of the Lord appeared over the tabernacle of the covenant to all the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:11 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people detract me? how long will they not believe me for all the signs that I have wrought before them?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rebellious", "against", "lord", "fear", "people", "land", "able", and "bread". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rebellious" and "against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "If the Lord be favourable he will..." into verse 10's "And when all the multitude cried out...", so "rebellious" and "against" 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 "rebellious" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.