21<\/strong>. and as all the earth<\/em> &c.] A second oath to strengthen the following statement. Psa 72:19<\/span> perhaps contains a direct reference to the words.<\/p>\n Render: But as truly as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord; Num 14:22<\/span> all those men, etc.; Num 14:23<\/span> shall not see, etc.<\/P> Num 14:22<\/B><\/span><\/P> These ten times – <\/B>Ten is the number which imports completeness. Compare Gen 31:7<\/span>. The sense is that the measure of their provocation was now full: the day of grace was at last over. However, some enumerate 10 different occasions on which the people had tempted God since the exodus.<\/P> Ps. 90<\/span>, which is entitled a Prayer of Moses, has been most appropriately regarded as a kind of dirge upon those sentenced thus awfully by God to waste away in the wilderness.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 21<\/span>. All the earth shall be filled, c.<\/B><\/I>] kol<\/I> haarets<\/I>, all THIS land, i. e., the land of Canaan which was only fulfilled to the letter when the preaching of Christ and his apostles was heard through all the cities and villages of Judea. It does not appear that the whole of the terraqueous globe is meant by this expression in any of the places where it occurs connected with this promise of the diffusion of the Divine light. See Ps 72:19<\/span>; Isa 40:5<\/span>; Hab 2:14<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n i.e. With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people in manner following. That this is the true sense, appears both from the particle of opposition, and the solemn introduction of them. <\/P> But truly as I live, <\/B>and from the following verses, because all these men<\/I>, &c, which come in without any note of opposition, and have a manifest relation to and connexion with this verse. <\/P> <\/p>\n 21. all the earth shall be filledwith the glory of the Lord<\/B>This promise, in its fullacceptation, remains to be verified by the eventual and universalprevalence of Christianity in the world. But the terms were usedrestrictively in respect to the occasion, to the report which wouldspread over all the land of the “terrible things inrighteousness” [Ps 65:5<\/span>]which God would do in the infliction of the doom described, to whichthat rebellious race was now consigned.<\/P><\/p>\n But [as truly as] I live<\/strong>,…. Which is the form of an oath, as the Targum; the Lord swears by his life, or by himself, because he could swear by no greater:<\/p>\n all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord<\/strong>; this is not the thing sworn unto or confirmed, but that by which the oath is made and confirmed; and the sense is, that as sure as the earth “had been” filled with the glory of the Lord, as it may be rendered, as it had been with the fame of what he had done in Egypt, and at the Red sea; or as it “should be” filled with it in later times, especially in the kingdom of the Messiah in the latter day; see Isa 6:3<\/span>; so sure the men that had provoked him should not see the land of Canaan.<\/p>\n 21. But as truly as I live, all the earth. It is, indeed, plain that God here swears by His life and glory: the meaning is only ambiguous in this respect, that some translate it in the past tense, that the earth had been filled with His glory, which had already been displayed in so many miracles. And this seems to accord well with what follows, “Those, who have seen my glory — shall not see the land;” still the future tense suits the context better, viz., that God should call to witness His glory, which He will hereafter assert. Moses feared lest the destruction of the people should be turned into a reproach and contumely against God; God now declares with an oath that He would so vindicate His glory, as that those, who were guilty of so great a crime, should not escape punishment. He proclaims that those should not see the land, who had shut their eyes against the miracles, of which they had been spectators and eye-witnesses, and in their blindness had endeavored to set them at naught. For, inasmuch as they had not been taught to fear God by so many signs, they were worse than unworthy of beholding the land, the possession of which ought to have been assured to them by those very signs, if God’s truth had not been utterly rejected by their ingratitude. <\/p>\n God complains that He had been “tempted” by them “ten times;” because they had not ceased constantly to provoke Him by their frowardness; for it is no fixed or definite number, which is intended, but God would merely indicate that they had done so without measure or end. We have elsewhere (60) shown what it is to tempt God, viz., to subject His power to the narrow rule of our own senses, and to prescribe to Him the mode in which He is to act, according to our own desires: so as to defer to Him no further than our carnal reason dictates. The source and cause of this tempting of God is subjoined, i.e., when men refuse to listen to His voice; since nothing but obedience, which is the mistress of humility, can restrain our insolence. <\/p>\n (60) See ante, vol. 1, p. 421, on Deu 6:16<\/span>. <\/p>\n 21-23<\/strong>. <\/strong> All the earth shall be filled <\/strong> In the version of King James these verses are incorrectly translated and punctuated. Better thus: “Nevertheless, as truly as I live, and the glory of Jehovah will fill the whole earth, all the men who have seen my glory and my miracles shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,” <\/em> etc. See the R.V. The verb “will fill” is the Hebrew for the present tense continuing in the future, (see Num 14:20<\/span>, note,) and its clause is grammatically an apposition to “as I live.” Jehovah proves his being <\/em> by his works; <\/em> his living, by his glory <\/strong> now and forever filling the whole earth. <\/p>\n Have tempted me <\/strong> By doubting his help and by clamouring for additional proofs that his word is true, men are said to tempt or try God. Again, it is evident that unbelief is the <\/em> damning sin. Num 14:11<\/span>, note. <\/p>\n Ten times <\/strong> Gen 31:7<\/span>, note. Ten symbolizes completeness and full measure. The rabbins thus reckon up the actual ten: (1.) The murmuring at the Red Sea, Exo 14:11-12<\/span>. (2.) At Marah, Exo 15:24<\/span>. (3.) In the wilderness of Sin, Exo 16:2<\/span>. (4.) At Rephidim, Exo 17:2<\/span>. (5.) The idolatry at Horeb, Exodus 32<\/span>. (6.) Complaining at Taberah, Num 11:1<\/span>. (7.) At the graves of lust, Num 11:4<\/span>. (8.) Here at Kadesh. (9 and 10.) The disobedience of certain individuals in respect to the manna, Exo 16:20<\/span>; Exo 16:27<\/span>.<\/p>\n GOD’S glory is the ultimate object of all his dispensations. The work of creation, is expressly put down to this design. Rev 4:11<\/span> . The work of redemption the same. Isa 43:21<\/span> .<\/p>\n “Handfuls of Purpose”<\/p>\n For All Gleaners<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n “As truly as I live all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.” <\/em> Num 14:21<\/p>\n No bolder word was ever uttered even by a Christian apostle. This prediction is founded upon the philosophy of the principles which it represented; that is to say such is the adaptation of divine thought to human need, that it must in the long run put down all competition, and prove itself to be the one thought which is full of rational satisfaction. It is not to be supposed that one set of principles is to get the better of some other set, as the result of a kind of pitched battle in which the one side has been cleverer than the other. Christianity is to triumph by virtue of its adaptation to every necessity of human need. By addressing itself to the experience of mankind, by waiting with long patience for a full reception into the heart, and an honest trial in the life, by answering questions which no other religion can settle, and in every way to the ministry of thought, Christianity will show itself to be the one religion which abundantly covers the whole space of human necessity. Other religions address themselves to races or kingdoms, to particular climates and modes of life; Christianity looks abroad upon the whole earth and proposes one blessing, the blessing of adoption and pardon for every member of the human race. The promise seems to be founded upon the very constitution of God: the terms are, “As truly as I live”; this is not a mere exclamation, or a varied form of oath, least of all is it a rhetorical embellishment; it would seem to be that the filling of the whole earth with the glory of God is a necessity of the very nature of God. God is love; God is light; love and light have undertaken to fill the whole earth with beauty and splendour. This is not the God of a mechanician who does so much work for so much reward, and who is willing to do a directly opposite work for higher compensation; it is the ministry of love, the energy of light, and the pressure of eternity. God will have all things like himself. He is holy, he is good, he is wise, and what he is he means all responsible creatures to be in their degree. The Christian worker is to conduct his service under the inspiration of this prediction. He is not to look at temporary discouragements, or vexatious details, or personal infirmity, or the supposed strength of an enemy; he is to stand upon the rock of divine promise, and daily sustain his confidence by the pledge of God. Love and light must always succeed. They are the forces which give energy to the Christian ministry in all its forms and activities, and because they are of the very nature and quality of God they cannot ultimately fail of their purpose.<\/p>\n Num 14:21 But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.<\/p>\n Ver. 21. But as truly as I live.<\/strong> ] This is an oath, as appears by comparing herewith Psa 95:11<\/span> . To blame therefore are they that use it so often. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n All the earth shall be filled.<\/strong> ] I will make me a great name abroad; and even of those maidservants, the heathens, which thou hast spoken of, shall I be had in honour, as he said in another case. 2Sa 6:22 <\/p>\n as I live. Hebrew “assuredly I live; and all the earth”, &c. Compare Eze 18:3; Eze 20:33. Rom 14:11. <\/p>\n all the earth. First occurrence of this expression. Compare Isa 6:3; Isa 11:9. Psa 72:19. Hab 2:14. Note the unconditional covenant. <\/p>\n as truly: Deu 32:40, Isa 49:18, Jer 22:24, Eze 5:11, Eze 18:3, Eze 33:11, Eze 33:27, Zep 2:9 <\/p>\n all the: Psa 72:19, Hab 2:14, Mat 6:10 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 14:28 – As truly Num 32:10 – General Job 27:2 – God liveth Psa 57:5 – thy glory Psa 97:6 – all the Isa 6:3 – the whole earth Isa 26:9 – for Isa 63:14 – to make Jer 44:26 – I have sworn Eze 21:5 – all Rom 14:11 – As<\/p>\n 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. 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