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Numbers 14:8

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 14:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Numbers 14:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:
7and 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.
8If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.
11And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
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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
“If the Lord delight in us, etc.] Continue to delight in them as he had, and as appears by what he had done for, them in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; (see <051015>Deuteronomy 10:15); then he will bring us into this land, and give it us, as he has promised, a land which floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord himself hath described it, and as the unbelieving spies themselves had owned it; (<041327>Numbers 13:27).”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“a land flowing with milk and honey--a general expression, descriptive of a rich and fertile country. The two articles specified were among the principal products of the Holy Land.”
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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
“Delight in us - If by our rebellion and ingratitude we do not provoke God to leave and forsake us. Numbers 14:9”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“delight: Deu 10:15; Sa2 15:25, Sa2 15:26, Sa2 22:20; Kg1 10:9; Psa 22:8, Psa 147:10, Psa 147:11; Isa 62:4; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17; Rom 8:31 a land which: Num 13:27 Numbers 14:9”
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