Bible Commentary

The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation]. Verse 18. The Lord is longsuffering] See Clarke on Ex 34:6. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:18”

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 17. let the power of my Lord be great ] The title Adonai is employed, not (as in Num 14:16 ; Num 14:18) the personal name Jehovah. according as thou hast spoken ] i.e. in Exo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:17”

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore unto them therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. His power was quite spent in bringing them out of Egypt, and could not finish the work he had begun and had sworn to do. Fuente: English Annotations on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:16”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:15”

And they will tell [it] to the inhabitants of this land: [for] they have heard that thou LORD [art] among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and [that] thy cloud standeth over them, and [that] thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:14”

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear [it], (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) 13 16. The thought of Jehovah destroying His own people raised a great problem. Jehovah must maintain justice, and yet He must also maintain His own honour among the surrounding nations. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:13”

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 12. make of thee a nation ] Moses would be a second Abraham, the whole nation being descended from him. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And disinherit them – By … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:12”

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? 11 24. Jehovah threatened to destroy Israel; Moses by his intercession obtained their pardon, but the present generation, with the exception of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:11”

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. 10. bade stone them ] i.e. Joshua and Caleb, and perhaps also Moses and Aaron. For the same form of mutiny cf. 1Sa 30:6, 1Ki 12:18. the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:10”

Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not. 9. they are our bread ] i.e. we shall swallow them up, annihilate them; cf. Psa 14:4 = Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:9”