The Meaning of Numbers 14:25 Explained

Numbers 14:25

KJV: (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.

YLT: And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness -- the way of the Red Sea.'

Darby: (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, on the way to the Red sea.

ASV: Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

(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. 

What does Numbers 14:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 14:13-25 - Pardon By Moses' Intercession
Moses was free from selfish ambition. His one thought was for the glory of God. When for a moment the suggestion presented itself to his mind that his own seed should take the place of this rebellious race he instantly dismissed it. It was not to be entertained for a moment, lest the Egyptians make capital of it. He had no desire to be the ancestor of a great nation, if it would tarnish the divine honor. He would rather be consigned to oblivion himself than that one jewel in the glorious galaxy of God's glory should be bedimmed.
There were three arguments in his intercession: God's reputation, God's consistency with Himself and God's mercy. Methinks I hear the voice of the Supreme Mediator these pleadings! His prayer was heard, but the generation that believed not could not enter the land. You may escape Egypt and yet miss Canaan. See Hebrews 3:12-19. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 14

1  The people murmur at the news
6  Joshua and Caleb labor to still them
11  God threatens them
13  Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon
26  The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land
36  The men who raised the evil report die by a plague
40  The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten

What do the individual words in Numbers 14:25 mean?

Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley tomorrow turn and move out to you into the wilderness by the Way of the Sea Red -
וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּעֵ֑מֶק מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־ סֽוּף פ

וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י  Now  the  Amalekite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲמָלֵקִי  
Sense: descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau.
וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י  and  the  Canaanite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּנְעָן 
Sense: descendant of inhabitant of Canaan n.
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב  dwell 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בָּעֵ֑מֶק  in  the  valley 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵמֶק  
Sense: valley, vale, lowland, open country.
מָחָ֗ר  tomorrow 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מָחָר  
Sense: tomorrow, in time to come, in the future.
פְּנ֨וּ  turn 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: פֹּונֶה 
Sense: to turn.
וּסְע֥וּ  and  move  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
לָכֶ֛ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר  into  the  wilderness 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
דֶּ֥רֶךְ  by  the  Way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
יַם־  of  the  Sea 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
סֽוּף  Red 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סוּף  
Sense: reed, rush, water plant.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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