Numbers 14:10 (KJV)

Passage

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Numbers 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Numbers 14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

Numbers 14:12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "congregation", "bade", "stone", "stones", "glory", "lord", "appeared", and "tabernacle". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "congregation" and "bade", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Only rebel not ye against the LORD..." into verse 11's "And the LORD said unto Moses How...", so "congregation" and "bade" 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 "congregation" and "bade" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.