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Verse Numbers 14:37. _THOSE MEN THAT DID BRING UP THE EVIL REPORT -
DIED_] Thus ten of the twelve that searched out the land were struck
dead, by the justice of God, on the spot! _Caleb_, of the trib...
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CHAPTER 14
The Rebellion of the People, Moses' Intercession and the Divine
Sentence
_ 1. The rebellion (Numbers 14:1)_
2. The intercession of Moses (Numbers 14:11)
3. The divine sentence (Numbers
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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
(n...
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_died by_ A _plague_ This is the meaning of the Heb. idiom, although
the definite article is used. The Heb. _maggçphâh_denotes lit. -a
smiting," as also do πληγή and _plaga_. It is used of any sudden...
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DIED BY THE PLAGUE, &C.— Rather, _were struck dead before the Lord,_
who immediately gave them this terrible proof of his wrath, and pledge
of the performance of what he had denounced and promised....
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F. GENERAL PARDON;
SENTENCE UPON THE PROVOKERS, vv. 20-38
TEXT
Numbers 14:20. And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy
word: 21. But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with
t...
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_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,_
The men ... died by the plague before th...
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DISCOURAGEMENT OF THE PEOPLE AND SENTENCE OF FORTY YEARS' WANDERING
9. Bread for us] cp. Numbers 13:32; Numbers 22:4; Numbers 24:8.
12. Cp....
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 14
THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO MOSES AND AARON – NUMBERS 14:1-10
V1 That night, the people shouted and they crie
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BY THE PLAGUE. — The word _maggephah,_ which is here rendered
_plague,_ denotes _a stroke._ In Exodus 9:14 it is used of the ten
plagues of Egypt. In Numbers 16:48, it is used of the plague which
brok...
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וַ יָּמֻ֨תוּ֙ הָֽ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
מֹוצִאֵ֥י דִבַּת...
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THE DOOM OF THE UNBELIEVING
Numbers 14:1
THE spirit of revolt which came to a head in the proposal to put
Joshua and Caleb to death was quelled by the fiery splendour that
flashed out at the tent of...
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THE PENALTY OF UNBELIEF AND RASHNESS
Numbers 14:26
The old translation in Numbers 14:34 was unfortunate. “Breach of
promise” is rendered in r.v. “my alienation.” It is still better
to notice the marg...
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The people were swayed by the opinion of the majority. The call was
distinctly heard and the desirability of obedience comprehended. But
walled cities appeared impregnable and enemies as giants. The r...
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_Lord, by pestilence, (ver. 12; Philo,) or by the exterminating angel,
1 Corinthians x. 10. They were burnt to death before the tabernacle,
or at least died suddenly. (Jansenius) The Jews have appoint...
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There must have been somewhat very striking and awful in the sudden
death of these men. And the more so, as it was a specimen of what GOD
had said of the death of all that congregation. Indeed the rem...
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The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has
evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise.
It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14.
Next, the pleasant land is despised. I shall here call the attention
of the reader to some points mentioned on this subject in other parts
of the B...
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EVEN THOSE MEN THAT DID BRING UP THE EVIL REPORT UPON THE LAND,....
They, and they only at this time:
DIED BY THE PLAGUE BEFORE THE LORD; either by the pestilence
immediately sent upon them by the Lo...
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_By the plague_ Either by the pestilence, or by some other sudden and
extraordinary judgment, sent from the cloud in which God dwelt, and
from whence he spake to Moses, and wherein his glory at this t...
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1 The people murmure at the newes.
6 Ioshua and Caleb labour to stil them.
11 God threatneth them.
13 Moses perswadeth God and obtaineth pardon.
26 The murmurers are depriued of entring into the l...
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even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died
by the plague before the Lord; the punishment struck them very
suddenly, and struck them down as the first among the rebellious
peo...
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THE JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED...
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ISRAEL REFUSES THEIR INHERITANCE
(vs.1-10)
The discouraging words of the ten spies infected the whole
congregation of Israel, as a discouragement too frequently does among
God's people. They wept tha...
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36-39 Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in
bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke
God, who misrepresent religion, raise dislike in men's minds to...
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Either by the pestilence threatened NUMBERS 14:12, or by some other
sudden and extraordinary judgment, sent from the cloud in which God
dwelt, and from whence he spake to Moses, and wherein his glory...
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"And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the
people wept that night." Need we wonder? What else could be expected
from a people who had nothing before their eyes but mighty gian...
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Numbers 14:37 very H582 men H582 brought H3318 (H8688) evil H7451
report H1681 land H776 died H4191 ...
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THE AFTERMATH (NUMBERS 14:36).
A number of things followed on Yahweh's words.
a The men who brought the evil report died, while Joshua and Caleb
lived (Numbers 14:36).
b Moses told the children of I...
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CONTENTS: Murmuring over the spies' reports and the consequences.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Caleb, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: All the dangers that we are in are from our own distrust.
We would succeed...
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Numbers 14:9. _They are bread for us;_ a Hebraicism. In Hosea 4:8, we
read that the priests ate up the sins of the people. As the fire
licked up the water in the trenches, 1 Kings 18:38; as the priest...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:36 God forgives sin, but sin still has
consequences. Israel would remain the people of God, but the
generation that rebelled against him would die in the wilderness....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 14:4. _Let us make a captain_. It appears from Nehemiah 9:17,
that they actually appointed another leader.
Numbers 14:5. _Fell on their faces_, &c. In solemn pr...
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EXPOSITION
THE REBELLION AT KADESH (continued) (Numbers 13:1, Numbers 14:1).
NUMBERS 14:1
And the people wept tha
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In chapter fourteen,
All of the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the
people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole co...
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By the plague — Either by the pestilence, or by some other sudden
and extraordinary judgment, sent from the cloud in which God dwelt,
and from whence he spake to Moses, and wherein his glory at this t...