NUMBERS 14:1 (P). THE PEOPLE'S DISCOURAGEMENT AT THE REPORT OF THE
SPIES. This section is also a fusion of JE and P: its composite
character is suggested by the repetitions in Numbers 14:1. In Numbers
14:6 the minority report proceeds from Joshua and Caleb (not from
Caleb only, as in Numbers 13:30,... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS 14:11 (JE). YAHWEH'S THREAT _TO_ DISINHERIT THE PEOPLE, AND
MOSES-' INTERCESSION FOR THEM. This section is derived from JE, as
appears from the exemption of Caleb only (Numbers 14:24) from the
sentence of exclusion from Canaan pronounced on the existing
generation. Moses here shows the same... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS 14:26 (P). THE CONDEMNATION OF THE PEOPLE TO FORTY YEARS-'
WANDERINGS IN THE WILDERNESS. This passage comes from P, being
parallel to, but divergent from, 11- 25, for both Joshua, and Caleb
(not the latter alone, as in Numbers 14:24) are exempted from the
sentence of exclusion (_cf. Numbers... [ Continue Reading ]