Numbers 14:6 (GNV)

Passage

And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh two of them that searched the lande, rent their clothes,

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:4 And they said one to another, Let vs make a Captaine and returne into Egypt.

Numbers 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the Congregation of the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:6 And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh two of them that searched the lande, rent their clothes,

Numbers 14:7 And spake vnto all the assemblie of the childre of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good lande.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ioshua", "sonne", "caleb", "iephunneh", "searched", "lande", and "rent". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ioshua" and "sonne", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then Moses and Aaron fell on their..." into verse 7's "And spake vnto all the assemblie of...", so "ioshua" and "sonne" 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 "ioshua" and "sonne" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.