Numbers 32:11

11 If the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob! for they have not wholly followed me;

Numbers 32:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:11

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upwards
See ( Numbers 14:28 Numbers 14:29 ) .

shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob;
the land of Canaan, which at various times he sware to give to them, and to their posterity:

because they have not wholly followed me;
the laws which he prescribed them, the directions he gave them, and particularly the orders they had to go up and possess the land at once, ( Deuteronomy 1:21 ) .

Numbers 32:11 In-Context

9 they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, and discouraged the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land that Jehovah had given them.

10 And Jehovah's anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,

11 If the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob! for they have not wholly followed me;

12 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed Jehovah.

13 And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation was consumed that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'The men that ... shall in no wise see:' see Note, ch. 14.23.