# Numbers 14.33

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

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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. 32. But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
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> **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.**
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> 34. After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation. 35. I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. (Numbers 14:31-35, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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. 32. But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
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> **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.**
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> 34. After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’ 35. I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.” (Numbers 14:31-35, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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. 32. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
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> **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>**
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> 34. After 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. <sup>breach: or, altering of my purpose</sup> 35. I 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. (Numbers 14:31-35, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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; 32. as to you, your carcases do fall in this wilderness,
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> **33. and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;**
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> 34. by the number of the days [in] which ye spied the land, forty days,, a day for a year, a day for a year, ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off; 35. I [am] Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me;, in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.' (Numbers 14:31-35, YLT)

## Setting

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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._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [God's Love for Creation](/codex/gods-love-for-creation/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## 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.