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Numbers 14

Num. 14:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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δSurely theyx shall not
'im (Hebrew #518)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
KJV usage: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.
Pronounce: eem
Origin: a primitive particle
see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
which I sware
shaba` (Hebrew #7650)
propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV usage: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Pronounce: shaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto their fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, neither shall any of them that provoked
na'ats (Hebrew #5006)
to scorn; or (Ecclesiastes 12:5) by interchange for 5132, to bloom
KJV usage: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, X great, provoke.
Pronounce: naw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
me see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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if they see.
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Deut. 1:35• 35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land which I sware to give unto your fathers. (Deut. 1:35)
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Psa. 95:11• 11To whom I swore in mine anger{HR}That they shall not come into my rest. (Psa. 95:11)
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Ezek. 20:15• 15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; (Ezek. 20:15)
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Heb. 3:17‑18• 17And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
 18And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest but to those that disobeyed? (Heb. 3:17‑18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Surely they shall not see.
Heb. If they see.
Num. 26:64• 64{i}But among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.{/i} (Num. 26:64)
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Num. 32:11• 11{i}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;{/i} (Num. 32:11)
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Deut. 1:35‑45• 35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land which I sware to give unto your fathers.
 36{i}Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.{/i}
 37{i}Also Jehovah was angry with me on your account, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.{/i}
 38{i}Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.{/i}
 39{i}And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.{/i}
 40{i}But ye, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea{/i}.
 41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned, against Jehovah: we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. {i}And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and ye would go presumptuously up the hill.{/i}
 42{i}And{/i} Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
 43So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
 44And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
 45And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. (Deut. 1:35‑45)
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Neh. 9:23• 23{i}And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.{/i} (Neh. 9:23)
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Psa. 95:11• 11To whom I swore in mine anger{HR}That they shall not come into my rest. (Psa. 95:11)
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Psa. 106:26• 26And he lifted up his hand to them,{HR}To make them fall in the wilderness, (Psa. 106:26)
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Ezek. 20:15• 15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; (Ezek. 20:15)
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Heb. 3:17‑18• 17And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
 18And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest but to those that disobeyed? (Heb. 3:17‑18)
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Heb. 4:3• 3For we that believed enter into the rest, even as he hath said, As I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest, although the works were done from the world's foundation. (Heb. 4:3)
• They will be dealt with according to their faith; they shall perish in the wilderness, according to their wish. (“Numbers 13-14” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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shall in no wiseb see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised me shall see it.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "if they shall. " a strong testifying negative in Hebrew, already noticed, Gen. 21.23; and see Num. 32.11; Heb. 3.11.

W. Kelly Translation

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shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised me shall see it.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)