NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:6 JOSHUA 1:1 and CALEB rightly call the reaction to the spies’ report a rebellion AGAINST THE LORD. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:8 IF THE LORD DELIGHTS IN US, HE WILL BRING US INTO THIS LAND AND GIVE IT TO US. God’s blessing on Joshua and Caleb (see vv. Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:38; Numbers 26:65) shows his approval of their faith. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:11 HOW LONG WILL THIS PEOPLE DESPISE ME? The Lord shows the severity of his anger by threatening to destroy the NATION and start all over again with MOSES alone. He made a similar threat in Exodus 32:10. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:13 Moses prays here, as he did after the golden calf incident (Exodus 32:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:20 God declares, I HAVE PARDONED, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. That is, he will not destroy Israel immediately; however, they cannot go ahead with their planned entry into Canaan. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:21 ALL THE EARTH SHALL BE FILLED WITH THE GLORY OF THE LORD. God’s purposes will not be defeated by human failure. (See notes on Ps. 72:18–20; Isaiah 6:3.) ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:29 All those TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD will die in the wilderness. They were the ones who had been enrolled to fight (Numbers 1:3) but in this case had refused to do so. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:36 God forgives sin, but sin still has consequences. Israel would remain the people of God, but the generation that rebelled against him would die in the wilderness. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 Numbers 21:3) is a village on the southern border of Canaan (Joshua 15:30). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]