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Numbers 14:28

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 14:28 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Numbers 14:28 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
25Now 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.
26And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
29your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,
30surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Say unto them, [as truly as] I live, saith the Lord, etc.] The form of an oath, as in (<041421>Numbers 14:21); as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you; what they had wished for, and expressed in the hearing of the Lord, he threatens them should be their case.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“As ye have spoken - When you wickedly wished you might die in the wilderness. Numbers 14:30”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“14:28 Israel’s disobedience brought on the consequences they feared would come from obeying.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“As truly: Num 14:21, Num 14:23, Num 26:64, Num 26:65, Num 32:11; Deu 1:35; Psa 90:8, Psa 90:9; Heb 3:17 as ye have: Num 14:2 Numbers 14:29”
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