Numbers 14:8 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

Numbers 14:7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

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.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And they spake unto all the company..." into verse 9's "Only rebel not ye against the LORD...", so "light" and "lord" 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 "light" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.