Numbers 14:10 (GNV)

Passage

And all the multitude saide, Stone them with stones: but the glory of the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before all the children of Israel.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:8 If the Lord loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.

Numbers 14:9 But rebell not ye against the Lord, neither feare ye the people of the land: for they are but bread for vs: their shielde is departed from the, and the Lord is with vs, feare them not.

Numbers 14:10 And all the multitude saide, Stone them with stones: but the glory of the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before all the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:11 And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people prouoke me, and howe long will it be, yer they beleeue me, for al the signes which I haue shewed among them?

Numbers 14:12 I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier then they.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "multitude", "saide", "stone", "stones", "glory", "lord", "appeared", and "tabernacle". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "multitude" and "saide", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But rebell not ye against the Lord..." into verse 11's "And the Lord said vnto Moses How...", so "multitude" and "saide" 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 "multitude" and "saide" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.