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The syntax of these verses is singularly broken. As did Paul when
deeply moved, so Moses presses his arguments one on the other without
pausing to ascertain the grammatical finish of his expressions....
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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 14:11 (JE). YAHWEH'S THREAT _TO_ DISINHERIT THE PEOPLE, AND
MOSES-' INTERCESSION FOR THEM. This section is derived from JE, as
appears from the exemption of Caleb only (Numbers 14:24) from the...
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MY LORD. Jehovah. One of the 134 alterations of the Sopherim. See
App-32. Many codices, and first printed edition, read "Jehovah"....
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LET THE POWER OF MY LORD BE GREAT— That this _power_ of the Lord
refers to what follows, is evident to every reader. I cannot,
therefore, help greatly approving the following version of Houbigant:
_Wh...
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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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_AND NOW, I BESEECH THEE, LET THE POWER OF MY LORD BE GREAT, ACCORDING
AS THOU HAST SPOKEN, SAYING,_
Let the power of my Lord be great - be magnified....
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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. Exodus 32:10, where a similar promise is made and where Mo...
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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 cried aloud....
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AND NOW, I BESEECH THEE, LET THE POWER OF MY LORD BE GREAT. — The
word _Lord_ in Numbers 14:17 should not be printed in large capitals
in this place, as in the Authorised Version of 1611, inasmuch as...
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וְ עַתָּ֕ה יִגְדַּל ־נָ֖א כֹּ֣חַ
אֲדֹנָ֑י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לֵ
אמֹֽר׃...
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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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PARDON BY MOSES' INTERCESSION
Numbers 14:13
Moses was free from selfish ambition. His one thought was for the
glory of God. When for a moment the suggestion presented itself to his
mind that his own...
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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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_Lord, in overcoming all difficulties, raised either by the enemy, or
by thy rebellious people._...
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Nothing can be more beautiful and interesting, than these pleas of
Moses. Reader! remark with me the arguments he makes use of; all which
terminate in this one grand consideration; namely, the glory a...
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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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17._And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great. _He
derives another ground of confidence from the vision, in which God had
more clearly manifested His nature, from whence it appears ho...
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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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AND NOW, I BESEECH THEE, LET THE POWER OF LORD BE GREAT,.... That is,
appear to be great; the power of God is great, not only mighty, but
almighty; it knows no bounds, nothing is impossible with him,...
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And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according
as thou hast spoken, saying,
Ver. 17. _Let the power of my Lord be great._] In multiplying pardons,
Isa 55:8 in passing by the ma...
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_Not able_ His power was quite spent in bringing them out of Egypt,
and could not finish the work he had begun and had sworn to do. _Let
the power of my Lord be great_ That is, appear to be great; dis...
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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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MOSES INTERCEDES FOR THE PEOPLE...
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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 th...
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11-19 Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type
of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon
of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishm...
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BE GREAT, i.e. appear to be great, discover its greatness; a real verb
put for a declarative, or the thing for the manifestation of the
thing. And this may be understood either,
1. Of God's power in...
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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 14:17 power H3581 Lord H136 great H1431 (H8799) just H834
spoken H1696 (H8765) saying H559 (H8800)
Micah 3:8; Matthew 9:6, Matthew 9:8...
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MOSES SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEDES FOR THEM (NUMBERS 14:13).
Numbers 14:13
‘And Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it, for
you brought up this people in your might from among them, and...
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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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_Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people._
MOSES’ EXPOSTULATION
What book but the Bible has the courage to represent a man standing in
this attitude before his God and addressing his Sove...
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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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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 p...
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EXPOSITION
THE REBELLION AT KADESH (continued) (Numbers 13:1, Numbers 14:1).
NUMBERS 14:1
AND THE PEOPLE WEPT THAT NIGHT. As the spies repeated their dismal
tidings, each to the leading men of his...
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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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Micah 3:8; Matthew 9:6; Matthew 9:8...
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Be great — That is appear to be great, discover its greatness:
namely, the power of his grace and mercy, or the greatness of his
mercy, in pardoning this and their other sins: for to this the
followin...