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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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PRESUMED TO GO UP. were presumptuous to go up. Compare idiom, Numbers
35:31.Genesis 2:3; Genesis 31:27; Deuteronomy 1:42;...
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_the ark of the covenant of_ JEHOVAH] The words -of the covenant" are
probably a gloss by a Dt. writer. There is no evidence in J or E that
the tablets of the Covenant laws were placed in the ark. See...
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DISCOURSE: 158
PRESUMPTION OF THE REBELLIOUS ISRAELITES
Numbers 14:44. _But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top._
THERE are principles in the human heart of which few people are aware.
One in pa...
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BUT THEY PRESUMED, &C.— _"They loftily presumed, or took on them,_
by violence, _with a lofty presumptuous mind._ The word עפל, whose
primary signification is a _tower_ or _fort,_ signifieth also a
_d...
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G. DEFEATS BY AMALEKITES AND KENITES vv. 39-45
TEXT
Numbers 14:39. And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of
Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40. And they rose up early in the morn...
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_BUT THEY PRESUMED TO GO UP UNTO THE HILL TOP: NEVERTHELESS THE ARK OF
THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, AND MOSES, DEPARTED NOT OUT OF THE CAMP._
The ark of the covenant of the Lord ... departed not out of...
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14:44 presumed (c-3) Lit. 'rose up presumptuously.'...
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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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THEY PRESUMED TO GO UP. — _i.e., they made a bold attempt to ascend
the mountain._ Their enemies appear to have encountered and
discomfited them before they had actually gained the summit....
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וַ יַּעְפִּ֕לוּ לַ עֲלֹ֖ות אֶל
־רֹ֣אשׁ הָ
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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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Blinded, with presumption, as the Hebrew yahpilu, insinuates. "Their
heart was puffed up with pride, and they ascended," Deuteronomy i. 43.
(Calmet) --- The enemy was ready to receive them, and easily...
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Observe, the LORD had commanded the people to go back towards the way
by the Red Sea. But they, self-willed and presumptuous, wilt go up
towards Canaan. Alas! what a continual perverseness there is in...
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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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44._But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top. _It was not, indeed,
their intention deliberately to array themselves against God, but
rather did they endeavor to appease Him by this means of propit...
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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 THEY PRESUMED TO GO UP UNTO THE HILL TOP,.... In a bold,
audacious, and presumptuous manner; they attempted to go up to the top
of the hill, notwithstanding the remonstrances of Moses against it,...
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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 DISOBEDIENCE OF THE PEOPLE PUNISHED...
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But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop; nevertheless the Ark of
the Covenant of the Lord and Moses departed not out of the camp....
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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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40-45 Some of the Israelites were now earnest to go forward toward
Canaan. But it came too late. If men would but be as earnest for
heaven while their day of grace lasts, as they will be when it is
o...
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THEY PRESUMED; guilty both of rashness and rebellion; thus running
from one extreme to another....
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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 14:44 presumed H6075 (H8686) up H5927 (H8800) mountaintop
H2022 H7218 ark H727 covenant H1285 LORD...
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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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_But they presumed to go up._
A PRESUMPTUOUS ENTERPRISE AND ITS DISASTROUS TERMINATION
In these verses we have an illustration of--
1. The sad perversity of sinful human nature.
2. The confession...
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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...
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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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1 Samuel 4:3; Deuteronomy 1:43; Numbers 10:33; Numbers 15:30...