Numbers 14:28

28 Say to them, "As I live," says the LORD, "just as I've heard you say, so I'll do to you.

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.

Numbers 14:28 In-Context

26 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

27 How long will this wicked community complain against me? I've heard the Israelites' dissent as they continue to complain against me.

28 Say to them, "As I live," says the LORD, "just as I've heard you say, so I'll do to you.

29 Your dead bodies will fall in this desert. None of you who were enlisted and were registered from 20 years old and above, who complained against me,

30 will enter the land in which I promised to settle you, with the exception of Caleb, Jephunneh's son, and Joshua, Nun's son.