Numbers 14:11

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks to Moses immediately after the congregation threatens to stone Joshua and Caleb and the divine glory appears at the Tent of Meeting.

The words — אָ֥נָה ('A.nah) translates literally as "when?" and יְנַאֲצֻ֖/נִי (ye.na.'a.Tzu./ni) means "will they spurn me," structuring the divine response as a prolonged rhetorical challenge.

The thread — This pattern of unbelief despite witnessed works recurs in Psalms 78:22, Psalms 78:32, and Psalms 106:24.

Why it lands — The text demands a clear-eyed assessment of persistent rebellion, noting that repeated divine signs fail to produce faith and instead provoke contempt.

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The Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרva/i.Yo.merand/ he said יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahweh אֶל־'el-to מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMoses עַד־'ad-until אָ֥נָה'A.nahwhen?יְנַאֲצֻ֖נִיye.na.'a.Tzu./niwill they spurn/ me הָעָ֣םha./'Amthe/ people הַזֶּ֑הha./Zeh<the>/ this וְעַד־ve./'ad-and/ until אָ֙נָה֙'a.nahwhen?לֹא־lo'-not יַאֲמִ֣ינוּya.'a.Mi.nuwill they believeבִ֔יV/iin <the>/ meבְּכֹל֙be./Kholwith/ all הָֽאֹת֔וֹתha./'o.Totthe/ signs אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich עָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiI did בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃be./kir.B/oin/ midst/ its

King James Version

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

Cross-references

Psalms 78:32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
Psalms 78:22 because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
Psalms 106:24 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
Deuteronomy 9:22 You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Psalms 78:41 Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Hebrews 3:8 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
Numbers 14:23 not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
Deuteronomy 1:32 But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,
John 12:37 Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
Numbers 14:27 “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.

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