Numbers 14:28

28 "Say to them, '¹As I live,' says the LORD, 'just as ²you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you;

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Numbers 14:28 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:28

Say unto them, [as truly as] I live, saith the Lord
The form of an oath, as in ( Numbers 14:21 ) ;

as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you;
what they had wished for, and expressed in the hearing of the Lord, he threatens them should be their case.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Numbers 14:28 In-Context

26 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

27 "How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making against Me.

28 "Say to them, 'As I live,' says the LORD , 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you;

29 your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

30 'Surely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Cross References 2

1. Numbers 14:21
2. Numbers 14:2; Deuteronomy 2:14, 15; Hebrews 3:17

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Numbers 14:28 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:28 In-Context

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