# Numbers 14.31

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**Book:** [Numbers](/codex/numbers/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 29. your 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, 30. surely 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.
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> **31. But 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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> 32. But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 33. And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness. (Numbers 14:29-33, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 29. Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me, 30. surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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> **31. But your little ones, that you said should be captured or killed, them I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.**
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> 32. But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 33. Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies are consumed in the wilderness. (Numbers 14:29-33, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 29. Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, 30. Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. <sup>sware: Heb. lifted up my hand</sup>
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> **31. But 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.**
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> 32. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. <sup>wander: or, feed</sup> (Numbers 14:29-33, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 29. in this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me; 30. ye, ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.
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> **31. 'As to your infants, of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become, I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;**
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> 32. as to you, your carcases do fall in this wilderness, 33. and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness; (Numbers 14:29-33, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Children in OT Theology](/codex/children-in-ot-theology/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.