Numbers 14:23 (YLT)

Passage

they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it;

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:21 and yet, I live--and it is filled--the whole earth--<FI> with<Fi> the honour of Jehovah;

Numbers 14:22 for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice--

Numbers 14:23 they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it;

Numbers 14:24 and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me--I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.

Numbers 14:25 `And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness--the way of the Red Sea.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "land", "sworn", "fathers", "none", and "despising". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "land" and "sworn", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "for all the men who are seeing..." into verse 24's "and My servant Caleb because there hath...", so "land" and "sworn" 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 "land" and "sworn" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.