Numbers 14:37 (WEB)

Passage

even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”

Numbers 14:36 The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

Numbers 14:37 even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.

Numbers 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.

Numbers 14:39 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "brought", "evil", "report", "land", "died", "plague", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "The men whom Moses sent to spy..." into verse 38's "But Joshua the son of Nun and...", so "even" and "brought" 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 "even" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.