Numbers 14:23 (LSB)

Passage

shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:21 but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of Yahweh.

Numbers 14:22 Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I have done in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

Numbers 14:23 shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.

Numbers 14:24 But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his seed shall take possession of it.

Numbers 14:25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "means", "land", "swore", "fathers", and "spurned". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "means", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Surely all the men who have seen..." into verse 24's "But My servant Caleb because he has...", so "shall" and "means" 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 "shall" and "means" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.