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Numbers 14:6-7 KJV
Numbers · chapter 14 · verses 6–7
6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 7And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.Numbers 14:6-7 · King James Version
Numbers 14:6-7 in context
4And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
7And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
8If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JephunnehYᵉphunnehJephunneh, the name of two IsraelitesH3312 →
- exceedingmᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- searchedtûwrto meander about, especially fortrade or reconnoitringH8446 →
- companyʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- passedʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- CalebKâlêbCaleb, the name of three IsraelitesH3612 →
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The friends of Israel here interpose to save them if possible from ruining themselves, but in vain. The physicians of their state would have healed them, but they would not be healed; their watchmen gave them warning, but they would not take warning, and so their blood is upon their own heads. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-10