Numbers 14:24-26
New English Translation
24 Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully—I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants[a] will possess it. 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites were living in the valleys.)[b] Tomorrow, turn and journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”
26 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
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- Numbers 14:24 tn Heb “seed.”
- Numbers 14:25 sn The judgment on Israel is that they turn back to the desert and not attack the tribes in the land. So a parenthetical clause is inserted to state who was living there. They would surely block the entrance to the land from the south—unless God removed them. And he is not going to do that for Israel.
Numbers 14:24-26
New International Version
24 But because my servant Caleb(A) has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly,(B) I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.(C) 25 Since the Amalekites(D) and the Canaanites(E) are living in the valleys, turn(F) back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[a](G)”
26 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:
Footnotes
- Numbers 14:25 Or the Sea of Reeds
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