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The language of the murmurers is noteworthy. It has the air of a
traditional remonstrance handed down from the last generation. Compare
marginal references....
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10. AT KADESH IN THE FORTIETH YEAR: MURMURING AND CONQUEST
CHAPTER 20
_ 1. The death of Miriam (Numbers 20:1)_
2. The murmuring of the people (Numbers 20:2)
3. The divine instruction (Numbers 20:6...
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NUMBERS 20:2 (mainly JE). THE LACK OF WATER SUPPLIED BY A MIRACLE. The
account of the people's demand for water, and of the means by which it
was supplied, seems to be a duplicate of the narrative in...
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WOULD GOD. Figure of speech _Eonismos_ (App-6). No Hebrew for "God
"here.
WHEN. Compare Numbers 11:33.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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_And the people strove_ The root of the verb (_rîbh_) is also that of
the word _Merîbhâh_(-the place of strife"), the name of the place
being thus explained by means of a play on words; cf. Numbers 20...
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_The striking of the rock at Meribah_. Many characteristics of
language indicate that this is mainly the work of P. In Exodus 17:1-7
there is another account (E) of the striking of the rock, the place...
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B. SIN OF MOSES AT MERIBAH vv. 2-13
TEXT
Numbers 20:2. And there was no water for the congregation: and they
gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And
the people chode with...
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_AND THERE WAS NO WATER FOR THE CONGREGATION: AND THEY GATHERED
THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST MOSES AND AGAINST AARON._
There was no water for the congregation. There was at Kadesh a
fountain, En-mishp...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 20
WATER COMES OUT OF A ROCK – NUMBERS 20:1-13
V1 The *Israelites arrived at the Zin *desert during the fir
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WOULD GOD THAT WE HAD DIED... — The reference seems to be to the
plague which broke out after the insurrection of Korah. The language
of the murmurers is very similar to that which is recorded in Numb...
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וַ יָּ֥רֶב הָ עָ֖ם עִם ־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ
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SORROW AND FAILURE AT KADESH
Numbers 20:1
THERE is a mustering at Kadesh of the scattered tribes, for now the
end of the period of wandering approaches, and the generation that has
been disciplined i...
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THE SIN OF MOSES AND AARON
Numbers 20:1
Again the people, as the long years of their Wilderness life drew to
an end, gathered around the Tabernacle at Kadesh. Again the murmuring
spirit broke out, a...
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We now reach the record of events at the close of the forty years. The
people were again at Kadesh. Here Miriam died and was buried. A study
of the district will show that perhaps the severest part of...
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_Brethren, Core, &c., (chap. xvi. 32,) or with them ho died (chap.
xi.) at the graves of lust. (Calmet)_...
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It is very awful to consider in our corrupt nature, (for Israel in all
ages is the same), that neither past judgments for rebellions, nor
past mercies when dispensed instead of punishments, have any e...
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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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Miriam the prophetess dies; this character of testimony is closed.
Israel grows old, so to speak, in the wilderness; and the voice which
sang songs of triumph in coming up from the depths of the Red S...
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AND THE PEOPLE CHODE WITH MOSES,.... Contended with him in a wrangling
and litigious manner, showing no reverence nor respect unto his person
on account of the dignity of his office, and the many favo...
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And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we
had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Ver. 3. _And the people chode._] Wanting both water and patience, they
broke the...
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_Before the Lord_ Suddenly, rather than to die such a lingering death.
Their sin was much greater than that of their parents, because they
should have taken warning by their miscarriages, and by the t...
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1 The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dieth.
2 They murmure for want of water.
7 Moses smiting the rocke bringeth forth water at Meribah.
14 Moses at Kadesh desireth passage thorow Edo...
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And the people chode with Moses and spake, saying, Would God that we
had died when our brethren, all those that had gradually been taken
away during the stay in the wilderness, DIED BEFORE THE LORD!...
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THE MURMURING OF THE PEOPLE AT KADESH...
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MOSES DISOBEDIENT BECAUSE PROVOKED
(vs.1-13)
Journeying again, the congregation came to the wilderness of ZIN and
stopped at Kadesh, where Miriam died and was buried. The forty years
of wandering ha...
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1-13 After thirty-eight years' tedious abode in the wilderness, the
armies of Israel advanced towards Canaan again. There was no water for
the congregation. We live in a wanting world, and wherever w...
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i.e. Suddenly, rather than to die such a lingering and painful death.
Their sin was much greater than their parents in like case, because
they should have taken warning by their miscarriages, and by t...
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"Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into
the desert of Zin, in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh;
and Miriam died there, and was buried there." Verse 1.
The c...
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Numbers 20:3 people H5971 contended H7378 (H8799) Moses H4872 spoke
H559 (H8799) saying H559 (H8800) only...
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1). THE WATERS OF MERIBAH (NUMBERS 20:1).
This first incident occurred through lack of water (Numbers 20:1).
Shortage of water in the hot and dry desert and semi-desert areas had
been a continuing pro...
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CONTENTS: Water from the rock and Moses' sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Eleazar, King of Edom.
CONCLUSION: God is able to supply His people with necessaries even in
their greatest strai...
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Numbers 20:1. _The desert of Zin._ Critics are not agreed whether this
was the same wilderness, and the same Kadesh to which the people
arrived on the eighth journey after leaving Egypt. The arguments...
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_Neither is there any water to drink._
THE PRIVATIONS OF MAN AND THE RESOURCES OF GOD
I. There are privations in the pilgrimage of human life. One man
thinks that without health his life would be wor...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 20:1 Marching from Kadesh to the Plains of
Moab. After nearly 40 years of aimless wandering in the wilderness,
Israel is ready to enter the Land of Promise. Most of the older
g...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 20:2__ Even though Moses’ error seems
minor, v. Numbers 20:12 indicates that carelessness in responding to
God’s command was the real issue: Bec
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
We now enter upon the narrative of the third and last stage of the
journey of Israel from Sinai to the Promised Land: this narrative is
given in this and the following c...
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EXPOSITION
THE LAST MARCH: FROM KADESH TO HOR (Numbers 20:1).
NUMBERS 20:1
THEN CAME THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, EVEN THE WHOLE CONGREGATION. T
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Chapter twenty records the verse, the death of Miriam, the sister of
Moses. And she died there in Kadesh the desert of sin and was buried.
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gather...
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Exodus 16:2; Exodus 16:3; Exodus 17:2; Job 3:10; Job 3:11;...
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Before the Lord — Suddenly, rather than to die such a lingering
death. Their sin was much greater than that of their parents, because
they should have taken warning by their miscarriages, and by the
t...