Numbers 14:33 (GNV)

Passage

And your children shall wander in the wildernesse, fourtie yeeres, and shall beare your whoredomes, vntill your carkeises be wasted in the wildernesse.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:31 But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused:

Numbers 14:32 But euen your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes,

Numbers 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wildernesse, fourtie yeeres, and shall beare your whoredomes, vntill your carkeises be wasted in the wildernesse.

Numbers 14:34 After the number of the dayes, in the which ye searched out the lande, euen fourtie dayes, euery day for a yeere, shall ye beare your iniquity, for fourtie yeeres, and ye shall feele my breach of promise.

Numbers 14:35 I the Lord haue said, Certainely I will doe so to all this wicked company, that are gathered together against me: for in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "shall", "wander", "wildernesse", "fourtie", "yeeres", and "beare". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "But euen your carkeises shall fall in..." into verse 34's "After the number of the dayes in...", so "children" 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 "children" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.