Bible Commentary

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still]. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,…. Here Joshua is set first, as Caleb is in Nu 14:30; which shows that they were equal in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:38”

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 37. died by a plague ] This is the meaning of the Heb. idiom, although the definite article is used. The Heb. maggphh denotes lit. ‘a smiting,’ as also do and plaga. It is used … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:37”

And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 36-38. those men that did bring upthe evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LordTenof the spies struck dead on the spoteither … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:36”

I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. I the Lord have said,…. Determined, resolved on doing what I have declared, and again repeat it; the decree is absolute and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:35”

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 34. my alienation ] my opposition. Ye shall experience what it means to be opposed and hindered by me. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:34”

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. 33. your children shall be shepherds ] as R.V. marg. They were to continue to rove about with their flocks, instead of settling down to agricultural life in Canaan. The rendering ‘wanderers’ is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:33”

But [as for] you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. But [as for] you, your carcasses,…. Which way of speaking seems to be used to distinguish them from their children; they shall fall in this wilderness: which is repeated for the confirmation and certainty it, and an emphasis is laid on the words, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:32”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:31”

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, [concerning] which I swore to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. To make you, i.e. your nation; for God did not swear to do so to these particular persons. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:30”

Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, 29. all that were numbered ] in the census (ch. 1). The Levites, however, were not included in that census (Num 1:47), and the priestly … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:29”