Numbers 14:8 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:9 But rebell not ye against the Lord, neither feare ye the people of the land: for they are but bread for vs: their shielde is departed from the, and the Lord is with vs, feare them not.

Numbers 14:10 And all the multitude saide, Stone them with stones: but the glory of the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before all the children of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "loue", "bring", "land", "giue", "floweth", and "milke". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "loue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And spake vnto all the assemblie of..." into verse 9's "But rebell not ye against the Lord...", so "lord" and "loue" 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 "lord" and "loue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.