Numbers 14:28

28 Now tell them this: ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say.

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 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

27 “How long must I put up with this wicked community and its complaints about me? Yes, I have heard the complaints the Israelites are making against me.

28 Now tell them this: ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say.

29 You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.

30 You will not enter and occupy the land I swore to give you. The only exceptions will be Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.