Numbers 14:13 (LSB)

Passage

But Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your power You brought up this people from their midst,

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:11 Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have done in their midst?

Numbers 14:12 I will strike them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”

Numbers 14:13 But Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your power You brought up this people from their midst,

Numbers 14:14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O Yahweh, are in the midst of this people, for You, O Yahweh, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Numbers 14:15 Now if You put this people to death as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "said", "yahweh", "egyptians", "hear", "power", "brought", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "I will strike them with pestilence and..." into verse 14's "and they will tell it to the...", so "moses" and "said" 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 "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.