Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:15
Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
As one man, i.e. altogether, or to a man; and suddenly as it were by one blow, as if all had but one neck.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Now [if] thou shall kill [all] this people, as one man,…. Suddenly, and at once, as might be done by a pestilence; and as 185,000 were smitten at once, and as thought by the same disease, by the Angel of the Lord in the camp of the Assyrians, in later times,
2Ki 19:35;
then the nations which have heard the fame of thee; the Egyptians, Canaanites, and others, as Aben Ezra observes; who had heard the report of the wonderful things done by him for Israel, and of the great favours he had bestowed upon them, and so of his power, and goodness, and other perfections displayed therein, which made him appear to be preferable to all the gods of the Gentiles:
will speak, saying; as follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
15. Kill all this people This explains the pestilence in Num 14:12. See note.
The fame of thee Moses is actuated by the true spirit of prayer a supreme desire for the glory of God. He is jealous of Jehovah’s honour in the earth. Would that all who pray were filled with the same pious concern!
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 14:15 Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Ver. 15. Kill all this people as one man. ] As he can quickly do, with a turn of his hand, with a nod of his head, Psa 80:16 with a breath of his nostrils. Job 4:9 He can as soon do it, as bid it be done, “whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only.” Job 34:29
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
man. Hebrew. ‘ish. App-14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jdg 6:16
Reciprocal: Num 16:21 – that I may Deu 9:28 – Because Deu 32:27 – they should Jos 3:6 – Take up Jos 9:9 – we have Jdg 6:13 – if the Lord Psa 90:16 – Let Psa 115:2 – General Isa 48:11 – for how Jer 14:9 – cannot Eze 36:20 – These Dan 6:20 – able
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:15 Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as {g} one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
(g) So that none shall escape.