The Lord is long-suffering and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Cf Exodus 34:6. That is the manner of effective prayer: it takes hold of the Word and promises of the Lord and urges His truth and mercy until He must confess Himself overcome.
Verse Numbers 14:18. _THE LORD IS LONGSUFFERING_] Exodus 34:6....
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
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...
THE LORD. Jehovah. Quoted from Exodus 34:6; Exodus 20:5 with Exodus 34:7. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha._ App-44. Some codices,
THE LORD IS LONG SUFFERING, &C.— See Exodus 34:6. Moses urges the general benignity and mercy of God; and, upon the strength of this, intercedes for the people, though confessedly deserving that punis...
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...
_THE LORD IS LONGSUFFERING, AND OF GREAT MERCY, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION, AND BY NO MEANS CLEARING THE GUILTY, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOU...
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....
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
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...
יְהוָ֗ה אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֨יִם֙ וְ רַב ־חֶ֔סֶד נֹש
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...
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...
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...
Mercy. Septuagint, "merciful and true," as Exodus xxxiv. 6, 7. On that occasion, it is not written that God swore. (Haydock) --- But equal credit is to be given to his word, as to an oath. (Menochius)...
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...
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...
Since I have expounded the 18th verse elsewhere, (59) let my readers refer to that place....
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...
THE LORD [IS] LONGSUFFERING,.... Towards all men, and especially towards his own people: AND OF GREAT MERCY, being abundant in goodness, and keeping mercy for thousands: FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANS...
The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and...
_By no means clearing the guilty_ These words may seem to be improperly mentioned, as being a powerful argument to move God to destroy this wicked people, and not to pardon them. But Moses uses these...
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...
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...
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...
These words may seem to be very improperly mentioned, as being a powerful argument to move God to destroy this wicked people, and not to pardon them. It may be answered, that Moses useth these words t...
"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...
Numbers 14:18 LORD H3068 longsuffering H750 H639 abundant H7227 mercy H2617 forgiving H5375 (H8802) iniquity H5771 t
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 t...
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...
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...
_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...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:13 Moses prays here, as he did after the golden calf incident (Exodus 32:1)....
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...
EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH (continued) (Numbers 13:1, Numbers 14:1). NUMBERS 14:1 And the people wept tha
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...
Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:8; Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:6; Exodus 34:7;...
Visiting the iniquity — These words may seem to be improperly mentioned, as being a powerful argument to move God to destroy this wicked people, and not to pardon them. It may be answered, that Moses...