Numbers 14:36 (GNV)

Passage

And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande)

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:36 And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande)

Numbers 14:37 Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, shall die by a plague before the Lord.

Numbers 14:38 But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall liue.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "sent", "search", "land", "came", "againe", "people", and "murmure". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "I the Lord haue said Certainely I..." into verse 37's "Euen those men that did bring vp...", so "moses" and "sent" 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 "moses" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.