Bible Strands
Numbers 14:32
As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelite congregation after they rejected the promised land. This declaration occurs during the wilderness period, immediately following the report of the twelve spies and the people's refusal to enter Canaan.
The words — The text emphasizes פִּגְרֵיכֶם (pîgrêḵem), literally "your corpses," and יִפְּלוּ (yippəlû), "they will fall." These terms specify the physical death of the adult generation in the desert.
The thread — The same judgment appears in Numbers 14:29, which specifies all numbered men twenty years or older. The New Testament references this event in 1 Corinthians 10:5 and Hebrews 3:17 to document historical divine displeasure.
Why it lands — The text states that prolonged rebellion results in irreversible physical consequences for the unfaithful. It requires readers to acknowledge the direct link between human refusal and the stated outcome without softening the declaration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 10:5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
- Numbers 14:29 Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
- Hebrews 3:17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?