NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:6 JOSHUA 1:1 and CALEB rightly call the
reaction to the spies’ report a rebellion AGAINST THE LORD.
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:8 IF THE LORD DELIGHTS IN US, HE WILL
BRING US INTO THIS LAND AND GIVE IT TO US. God’s blessing on Joshua
and Caleb (see vv. Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:38; Numbers 26:65) shows
his approval of their faith.
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:11 HOW LONG WILL THIS PEOPLE DESPISE ME?
The Lord shows the severity of his anger by threatening to destroy the
NATION and start all over again with MOSES alone. He made a similar
threat in Exodus 32:10.
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:13 Moses prays here, as he did after the
golden calf incident (Exodus 32:1).
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:20 God declares, I HAVE PARDONED,
ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. That is, he will not destroy Israel
immediately; however, they cannot go ahead with their planned entry
into Canaan.
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:21 ALL THE EARTH SHALL BE FILLED WITH THE
GLORY OF THE LORD. God’s purposes will not be defeated by human
failure. (See notes on Ps. 72:18–20; Isaiah 6:3.)
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:29 All those TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD
will die in the wilderness. They were the ones who had been enrolled
to fight (Numbers 1:3) but in this case had refused to do so.
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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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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:41 The Israelites disobeyed Moses’
command and PRESUMED to decide their own course of action. This
brought God’s judgment. HORMAH (meaning “Destruction”; see
Numbers 21:3) is a village on the southern border of Canaan (Joshua
15:30).
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