Numbers 14:27 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:28 Tell them, As I liue (saith the Lord) I wil surely do vnto you, euen as ye haue spoken in mine eares.

Numbers 14:29 Your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, and all you that were counted through all your nombers, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "long", "shall", "suffer", "wicked", "multitude", "murmure", "against", and "haue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "long" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "After the Lord spake vnto Moses and..." into verse 28's "Tell them As I liue saith the...", so "long" 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 "long" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.