The Meaning of Numbers 14:40 Explained

Numbers 14:40

KJV: And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

YLT: and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, 'Here we are, and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'

Darby: And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.

ASV: And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 14:40?

MEANING: What does Numbers 14:40 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 14:40 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 14:40?

What is the context of Numbers 14:40?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

What does Numbers 14:40 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 14:26-45 - The Penalty Of Unbelief And Rashness

The old translation in Numbers 14:34 was unfortunate. "Breach of promise" is rendered in r.v. "my alienation." It is still better to notice the marginal reading, "the revoking of my promise." But even this hardly gives us the true meaning of the words, which teach us that God's promises are conditional on our faith. He cannot do what we fail to trust Him to do.

The key of faith will unlock every drawer and cupboard in the divine treasury, but we must use it. If we will not trust God with our life we shall be left to perish in the wilderness of drought, of restlessness and of peril. Unbelief paralyzes God's arm. See Matthew 13:58, And let us learn from the closing paragraph that the might of our own right hand will never avail to accomplish what is forfeited by unbelief. "It shall not prosper." [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 14:40 mean?

And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain saying Here we are and we will go up the place which has promised Yahweh for we have sinned

וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ אֶל־ רֹאשׁ־ הָהָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֶּ֗נּוּ וְעָלִ֛ינוּ הַמָּק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ

וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ	And they rose early
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: שָׁכַם Sense: to rise or start early.
בַבֹּ֔קֶר	in the morning
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בֹּקֶר Sense: morning, break of day.
וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ	and went up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
רֹאשׁ־	the top
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: רֹאשׁ Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָהָ֖ר	of the mountain
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: הַר Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
לֵאמֹ֑ר	saying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הִנֶּ֗נּוּ	Here we are
Parse: Interjection, third person masculine singular Root: הֵן Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
וְעָלִ֛ינוּ	and we will go up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common plural Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
הַמָּק֛וֹם	the place
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מָקֹום Sense: standing place, place.
אָמַ֥ר	has promised
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֖ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
חָטָֽאנוּ	we have sinned
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural Root: חָטָא Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.

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Similar Scriptures for Numbers 14:40

		Deuteronomy 1:41 [5]
		Matthew 7:21-23 [2]
		Luke 13:25 [2]
		Matthew 26:11-12 [2]
		Ecclesiastes 9:3 [2]