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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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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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וִ יהֹושֻׁ֣עַ בִּן ־נ֔וּן וְ כָלֵ֖ב
בֶּן
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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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Reader! do not overlook the care of a gracious GOD, which he
exerciseth in the same moment with his chosen ones, while punishing
the ungodly. That's a sweet scripture to this effect: Malachi 3:17....
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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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BUT JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN, AND CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH,.... Here
Joshua is set first, as Caleb is in Numbers 14:30; which shows that
they were equal in dignity, and therefore are indifferently put,...
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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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THE JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED...
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But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, which
were of the men that went to search the land, lived still, their
preservation, in the circumstances, being all the more remarkable, a...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 14:38 Joshua H3091 son H1121 Nun H5126 Caleb H3612 son H1121
Jephunneh H3312 alive H2421 (H8804) men...
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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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Joshua 14:6; Numbers 26:65...