Bible Commentary

Say unto them, [As truly as] I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 28. as ye have spoken ] i.e. in Num 14:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges As you wickedly wished you might have died in the wilderness, Num 14:2, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:28”

How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 27. How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur &c.] The words shall I bear represent no part of the Heb. text. Something has … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:27”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, 26. And Jehovah spake ] This is P’s immediate sequel to the appearance of Jehovah’s glory in the Tent ( Num 14:10). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 26 39. All the people above twenty years old, except Joshua and Caleb, were condemned … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:26”

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 25. Now the Amalekite were dwelling in the valley ] This is a parenthesis inserted by the narrator or compiler. It is omitted in Deu 1:40 which corresponds to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:25”

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 24. into the land whereinto he went ] Caleb was to receive the country in which Hebron stood (Num 13:22), whither he had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:24”

Surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,…. Not possess and enjoy the land of Canaan, which the Lord by an oath had promised their fathers, Abraham, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:23”

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 22. because ] must be omitted. The Heb. k is merely a particle which introduces a fact sworn to. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:22”

But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. 21. and as all the earth &c.] A second oath to strengthen the following statement. Psa 72:19 perhaps contains a direct reference to the words. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Render: But as truly … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:21”

And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: Num 14:20-23 I have pardoned according to thy word. Gods answer to Moses prayer I. The extremity of the sentence is receded from (Num 14:20). I have pardoned, so as not to cut them all off at once and disinherit them. See the power … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:20”

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. Verse 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people] From Nu 14:13-19 inclusive we have the words of Moses’s intercession; they need no explanation, they … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:19”