Numbers 14:25 (GNV)

Passage

Nowe the Amalekites and the Canaanites remaine in the valley: wherefore turne backe to morowe, and get you into the wildernesse, by the way of the red Sea.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:23 Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it.

Numbers 14:24 But my seruant Caleb, because he had another spirite, and hath followed me stil, euen him will I bring into the lande, whither he went, and his seede shall inherite it.

Numbers 14:25 Nowe the Amalekites and the Canaanites remaine in the valley: wherefore turne backe to morowe, and get you into the wildernesse, by the way of the red Sea.

Numbers 14:26 After, the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Numbers 14:27 How long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmure against me? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nowe", "amalekites", "canaanites", "remaine", "valley", "wherefore", "turne", and "backe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nowe" and "amalekites", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "But my seruant Caleb because he had..." into verse 26's "After the Lord spake vnto Moses and...", so "nowe" and "amalekites" 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 "nowe" and "amalekites" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.