Numbers 14:33 Meaning
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
Context Explained
31But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
32But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
34After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Hebrews 3:17
This verse reflects on the consequences of disobedience faced by the Israelites.
1 Corinthians 10:6
This verse serves as a warning to believers about the consequences of sin.
Matthew 23:37
Jesus laments over Jerusalem, paralleling the consequences faced by the Israelites.
Source: Numbers 14:33