Numbers 14:7
And 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 14:7 in other translations
| BSB | and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land. |
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| WEB | They spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. |
| ASV | and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. |
| YLT | and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, ‘The land into which we have passed over to spy it, is a very very good land; |
| DARBY | And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land. |
| BBE | Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land. |
| Webster | And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. |
What does Numbers 14:7 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:5-10
Moses and Aaron were astonished to see a people throw away their own mercies. Caleb and Joshua assured the people of the goodness of the land. They made nothing of the difficulties in the way of their gaining it. If men were convinced of the desirableness of the gains of religion, they would not stick at the services of it. Though the Canaanites dwell in walled cities, their defence was departed from them. The other…
Numbers 14:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 14:7
- Numbers 13:27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
- Deuteronomy 1:25
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.
- Deuteronomy 6:10-11
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
- Deuteronomy 8:7-9
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
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Context
- Numbers 14:6
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
- Numbers 14:7
And 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 14:8
If 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.
Numbers 14:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y hablaron á toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, diciendo: La tierra por donde pasamos para reconocerla, es tierra en gran manera buena. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et parlèrent à toute l’assemblée des fils d’Israël, disant: Le pays par lequel nous avons passé pour le reconnaître est un très bon pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sie sprachen zu der ganzen Gemeinde der Kinder Israel und sagten: Das Land, das wir durchzogen haben, um es auszukundschaften, das Land ist sehr, sehr gut. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ad omnem multitudinem filiorum Israël locuti sunt: Terra, quam circuivimus, valde bona est. |