Numbers 14:7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

◄ Numbers 14:7 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
and said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

English Standard Version
and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.

New American Standard Bible
and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, "The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and said to the entire Israelite community: "The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land.

International Standard Version
and attempted to reason with the entire congregation of Israel. They told them, "The land that we went through and explored is very, very good.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel: The land which we have gone round is very good:

Darby Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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 spies took notice of their strength, but these of their wickedness. No people can be safe, when they have provoked God to leave them. Though Israel dwell in tents, they are fortified. While we have the presence of God with us, we need not fear the most powerful force against us. Sinners are ruined by their own rebellion. But those who, like Caleb and Joshua, faithfully expose themselves for God, are sure to be taken under his special protection, and shall be hid from the rage of men, either under heaven or in heaven.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. Joshua … and Caleb, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes—The two honest spies testified their grief and horror, in the strongest manner, at the mutiny against Moses and the blasphemy against God; while at the same time they endeavored, by a truthful statement, to persuade the people of the ease with which they might obtain possession of so desirable a country, provided they did not, by their rebellion and ingratitude, provoke God to abandon them.