Numbers 14:32 (YLT)

Passage

as to you--your carcases do fall in this wilderness,

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:30 ye--ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

Numbers 14:31 `As to your infants--of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become--I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;

Numbers 14:32 as to you--your carcases do fall in this wilderness,

Numbers 14:33 and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;

Numbers 14:34 by the number of the days <FI>in<Fi> which ye spied the land, forty days, --a day for a year, a day for a year--ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "you--your", "carcases", "fall", and "wilderness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "you--your" and "carcases", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "As to your infants--of whom ye have..." into verse 33's "and your sons are evil in the...", so "you--your" and "carcases" 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 "you--your" and "carcases" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.