Numbers 14:7 (YLT)

Passage

and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we have passed over to spy it, <FI>is<Fi> a very very good land;

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:5 And Moses falleth--Aaron also--on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.

Numbers 14:6 And Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments,

Numbers 14:7 and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we have passed over to spy it, <FI>is<Fi> a very very good land;

Numbers 14:8 if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;

Numbers 14:9 only, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they <FI>are<Fi> ; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with us; fear them not.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speak", "company", "sons", "israel", "saying", "land", "passed", and "over". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speak" and "company", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb..." into verse 8's "if Jehovah hath delighted in us then...", so "speak" and "company" 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 "speak" and "company" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.