King James Version
Numbers 14:25 in the King James Version says “(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the ...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.”
Numbers 14:25 · KJV
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: Surely: Heb. If they see the land
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
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“Now the Amalekites”
H6003an amalekite (or collectively the amalekites) or descendants of amalek
“and the Canaanites”
H3669a kenaanite or inhabitant of kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the canaanites standing for their neighbors the ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c
“dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“To morrow”
H4279properly, deferred, i.e., the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
“you and get”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“you into the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“by the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
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