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Verse Numbers 14:9. _THEIR DEFENCE_] צלם _tsillam, their shadow_,
a metaphor highly expressive of _protection_ and _support_ in the
sultry eastern countries. The _protection_ of God is so called; see...
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THEIR DEFENSE - literally, “their shadow,” i. e. their shelter as
from the scorching sun: an Oriental figure. Compare the marginal
references....
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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 14:1 (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...
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DEFENCE. Hebrew. shadow. Note Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6.)
Literally "they [are] like our bread (= manna), their shadow hath
turned aside from off them.". The manna when out of the shade melte...
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DISCOURSE: 155
THE PEOPLE MURMURING AT THE REPORT OF THE SPIES
Numbers 14:6. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their
clothes. A...
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E. MOSES-' PLEA AND GREAT INTERCESSORY PRAYER vv. 5-19
TEXT
Numbers 14:5. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the
assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6. And Joshua...
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_ONLY REBEL NOT YE AGAINST THE LORD, NEITHER FEAR YE THE PEOPLE OF THE
LAND; FOR THEY ARE BREAD FOR US: THEIR DEFENCE IS DEPARTED FROM THEM,
AND THE LORD IS WITH US: FEAR THEM NOT._
Their defense is...
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14:9 defence (c-21) Lit. 'shade.'...
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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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THEIR DEFENCE IS DEPARTED FROM THEM. — Literally, _their shadow._
This is a natural and frequently recurring figure of speech in the
East, where protection from the scorching rays of the sun is a boon...
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אַ֣ךְ בַּֽ יהוָה֮ אַל ־תִּמְרֹדוּ֒ וְ
אַתֶּ֗ם
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THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT
Numbers 13:1; Numbers 14:1
Two narratives at least appear to be united in the thirteenth and
fourteenth Chapter s. From Numbers 13:17;...
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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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AN UNBELIEVING AND REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
Numbers 14:1
What in any other nation would have been described as a panic of fear,
was, in the case of Israel, a panic of unbelief, which deserved the
reproachfu...
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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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Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the
land; for they [are] (e) bread for us: their defence is departed from
them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.
(e) We shal...
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_To eat, or consume them, as easily as we devour a piece of bread. The
expression is proverbial, Psalm xiii. 4. --- All aid. Hebrew, "their
shadow," which is taken in the same sense. Septuagint, "thei...
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It is worthy the Reader's notice, the leading arguments the true spies
made use of to still the minds of the people; that the LORD not being
with their enemies, was a sure token of victory; while on t...
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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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ONLY REBEL NOT YE AGAINST THE LORD,.... Nothing, it is suggested,
could hinder them from the, possession of it but their rebellion
against the Lord; which might provoke him to cut them off by his
imme...
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Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the
land; for they [are] bread for us: their defence is departed from
them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.
Ver. 9. _They a...
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_If the Lord delight in us_ If by our rebellion and ingratitude we do
not provoke God to leave and forsake us. _They are bread for us_ We
shall destroy them as easily as we eat our bread. _Their defen...
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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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Only rebel not ye against the Lord, by such open disobedience, NEITHER
FEAR YE THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND; FOR THEY ARE BREAD FOR US, they can be
devoured, overcome with ease; THEIR DEFENSE IS DEPARTED FR...
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JOSHUA AND CALEB ENDEAVOR TO QUENCH THE DISSATISFACTION...
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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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5-10 Moses and Aaron were astonished to see a people throw away their
own mercies. Caleb and Joshua assured the people of the goodness of
the land. They made nothing of the difficulties in the way of...
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THEY ARE BREAD FOR US; we shall destroy them as easily as we do our
bread or common food. Compare NUMBERS 24:8 PSALMS 14:4. THEIR DEFENCE,
i.e. their counsel, conduct, and courage, and especially God,...
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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 14:9 rebel H4775 (H8799) LORD H3068 fear H3372 (H8799) people
H5971 land H776 bread H3899 protection...
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JOSHUA AND CALEB PLEAD WITH ISRAEL (NUMBERS 14:6).
Numbers 14:6
‘And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, who
were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.'
Joshua a...
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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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_The Lord is with us: fear them not._
A NOBLE EFFORT TO ARREST A NATION’S REBELLION
I. Joshua and Caleb were deeply grieved by reason of the rebellion of
the nation.
II. Joshua and Caleb nobly ende...
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HOW TO BE A HERO
We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their
sight. Numbers 13:33. The Lord is with us: fear them not. Numbers
14:9.
Today I want to tell you three stories. Th...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:6 JOSHUA 1:1 and CALEB rightly call the
reaction to the spies’ report a rebellion ag
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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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2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2
Chronicles 32:8;...
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Bread — We shall destroy them as easily as we eat our bread. Their
defence — Their conduct and courage, and especially God, who was
pleased to afford them his protection 'till their iniquities were
fu...