Numbers 14:30

30 doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 14:30 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:30

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land
The land of Canaan; or "if ye shall come" ^F1; that is, I swear ye shall not, so the Targum of Jonathan: [concerning] which I sware to make you dwell therein;
not them personally, but the people and nation of which they were, and to which they belonged, the seed and posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to whom the oath was made: save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun;
who brought a good report of the land. Caleb is mentioned first, as Aben Ezra thinks, because he first appeased and quieted the people; but in ( Numbers 14:38 ) Joshua stands first, so that nothing is to be inferred from hence; these were the only two of the spies that went into the land of Canaan, ( Numbers 13:4-15 ) ; and the only two of the Israelites that were numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, ( Numbers 14:29 ) ; those of the tribe of Levi, not being in that account, must be remembered to be excepted also.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (wabt Mta Ma) "si vos ingressi fueritis", Pagninus, Montanus.

Numbers 14:30 In-Context

28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, according as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me;

30 doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

31 But your little ones, whom ye said should be a prey, I will bring them in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness.