Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you,…. Having removed from the valley, Nu 14:25; or else had detached a party to defend the pass on the top of the mountain, and where perhaps they designed to feign a retreat if they found it proper, and draw them into a combat in the valley:
and ye shall fall by the sword: by the sword of the Amalekites and Canaanites:
because ye are turned away from the Lord: from the word of the Lord, from hearkening to and obeying his command:
therefore the Lord will not be with you; the consequence of which must be bad for them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(43) Are there before you.Or, will be there before you. If the same persons are here spoken of as in Num. 14:25, it will follow that they had left their temporary abode, and gone up into the hill country. It is possible however, that the reference is to different portions of the same nations.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
43. Amalekites See Num 13:29, note.
Are there before you Either they had withdrawn from the valley (Num 14:25) to a more defensible position in the mountains, or they had sent a strong force to seize the passes, and successfully contest the passage of Israel. This fact was communicated to Moses by his scouts or by direct revelation from Jehovah.
Ye shall fall This divinely inspired prediction rests on the fact that Israel had turned away from the Lord. He who is most conscious of the divine presence and support, as was Moses, most feels his dependence on His favour, and most forbodes disaster when that favour is withdrawn. But the worldling neither recognizes the presence nor misses the absence of God. Such was unbelieving Israel at Kadesh.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 14:25, Num 13:29, Lev 26:17, Deu 28:25
because: Jdg 16:20, 1Ch 28:9, 2Ch 15:2, Isa 63:10, Hos 9:12
Reciprocal: Gen 14:7 – Amalekites Num 14:45 – the Amalekites Jos 22:15 – General