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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 14:1 (P). THE PEOPLE'S DISCOURAGEMENT AT THE REPORT OF THE
SPIES. This section is also a fusion of JE and P: its composite
character is suggested by the repetitions in Numbers 14:1. In Numbers...
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IF THE LORD DELIGHT IN US. This is the secret of all blessing.
Deuteronomy 10:15; 2 Samuel 15:25; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 22:20
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DISCOURSE: 155
THE PEOPLE MURMURING AT THE REPORT OF THE SPIES
Numbers 14:6. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their
clothes. A...
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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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_IF THE LORD DELIGHT IN US, THEN HE WILL BRING US INTO THIS LAND, AND
GIVE IT US; A LAND WHICH FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY._
A land which floweth with milk and honey - a general expression,
descripti...
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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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אִם ־חָפֵ֥ץ בָּ֨נוּ֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְ
הֵבִ֤יא אֹתָ֨
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THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT
Numbers 13:1; Numbers 14:1
Two narratives at least appear to be united in the thirteenth and
fourteenth Chapter s. From Numbers 13:17;...
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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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AN UNBELIEVING AND REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
Numbers 14:1
What in any other nation would have been described as a panic of fear,
was, in the case of Israel, a panic of unbelief, which deserved the
reproachfu...
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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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It is worthy the Reader's notice, the leading arguments the true spies
made use of to still the minds of the people; that the LORD not being
with their enemies, was a sure token of victory; while on t...
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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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_THE EXCEEDING GOOD LAND_
‘If the Lord delight in us, then He will bring us into this land,
and give it us.’
Numbers 14:8
Let us notice in reference to the heavenly Canaan:—
I. WHO THEY ARE IN WHO...
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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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IF THE LORD DELIGHT IN US,.... Continue to delight in them as he had,
and as appears by what he had done for, them in Egypt, at the Red sea,
and in the wilderness; see Deuteronomy 10:15;
THEN HE WILL...
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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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If the Lord delight in us, then He will bring us into this land and
give it us, a land which floweth with milk and honey. They had so many
evidences of God's grace and mercy in the fulfillment of His...
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JOSHUA AND CALEB ENDEAVOR TO QUENCH THE DISSATISFACTION...
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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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5-10 Moses and Aaron were astonished to see a people throw away their
own mercies. Caleb and Joshua assured the people of the goodness of
the land. They made nothing of the difficulties in the way of...
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If by our rebellion and ingratitude we do not provoke God to loathe
and forsake us....
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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 14:8 LORD H3068 delights H2654 (H8804) bring H935 (H8689) land
H776 give H5414 (H8804) land...
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JOSHUA AND CALEB PLEAD WITH ISRAEL (NUMBERS 14:6).
Numbers 14:6
‘And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, who
were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.'
Joshua a...
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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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_The Lord is with us: fear them not._
A NOBLE EFFORT TO ARREST A NATION’S REBELLION
I. Joshua and Caleb were deeply grieved by reason of the rebellion of
the nation.
II. Joshua and Caleb nobly ende...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 14:6 JOSHUA 1:1 and CALEB rightly call the
reaction to the spies’ report a rebellion ag
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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....
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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 Kings 10:9; 2 Samuel 15:25; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 22:20;...
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Delight in us — If by our rebellion and ingratitude we do not
provoke God to leave and forsake us....