Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:31
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.
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey,…. To the Canaanites, Nu 14:3;
them will I bring in; into the land of Canaan, and so fulfil the promise made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for the unbelief of this congregation did not make the faith, or faithfulness of God, of none effect:
and they shall know the land which ye have despised; shall know what a good land it is by experience, and shall possess and enjoy it with approbation, delight, and pleasure, which they, believing the spies, rejected with, loathing and disdain.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
31. Your little ones By something akin to poetical justice, the unbelieving fathers shall perish in the wilderness, and the helpless children, the objects of their skeptical solicitude, shall flourish in the land of promise. See Num 14:3. They despised the land when they distrusted the word of its great Giver. Thus the impenitent despise heaven when they reject Christ, its central attraction.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
ye said. Num 14:3. Compare Deu 1:39.
know = get to know, and enjoy. Septuagint = shall inherit.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
little ones: Num 26:6, Num 26:64, Deu 1:39
ye said: Num 14:3
know: Their children, by possessing Canaan, knew what a good land their fathers had despised.
the land: Gen 25:34, Psa 106:24, Pro 1:25, Pro 1:30, Mat 22:5, Act 13:41, Heb 12:16, Heb 12:17
Reciprocal: Gen 43:8 – also our Deu 7:1 – the Lord Jos 5:7 – their children Ezr 8:21 – for our little ones Neh 9:24 – So the Psa 90:16 – and Amo 2:10 – to possess Mar 10:14 – Suffer Heb 4:6 – some