Numbers 14:26 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 14:25 Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn, and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”

Numbers 14:26 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Numbers 14:27 “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

Numbers 14:28 Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "spoke", "moses", "aaron", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "spoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell..." into verse 27's "How long shall I bear with this...", so "yahweh" and "spoke" 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 "yahweh" and "spoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.