Numbers 14:21

14:21 But truly, as I live, ¹  all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

Numbers 14:28

14:28 Say to them, ‘As I live, ²  says ³  the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing. ⁴ 

¹ sn This is the oath formula, but in the Pentateuch it occurs here and in v. 28.

² sn Here again is the oath that God swore in his wrath, an oath he swore by himself, that they would not enter the land. “As the Lord lives,” or “by the life of the Lord,” are ways to render it.

³ tn The word נְאֻם (nÿ’um) is an “oracle.” It is followed by the subjective genitive: “the oracle of the Lord” is equal to saying “the Lord says.”

⁴ tn Heb “in my ears.”