Numbers 14:22 (WEB)

Passage

because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:20 Yahweh said, “I have pardoned according to your word:

Numbers 14:21 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory;

Numbers 14:22 because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

Numbers 14:23 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.

Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seen", "glory", "signs", "worked", "egypt", "wilderness", "tempted", and "times". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seen" and "glory", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "but in very deed as I live..." into verse 23's "surely they shall not see the land...", so "seen" and "glory" 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 "seen" and "glory" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.