(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites (l) dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the (m) wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
(l) And lie in wait for you.
(m) For I will not defend you.
Render: And now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are dwelling (or abiding) in the valley: wherefore turn you, etc. (that so ye be not smitten before them). The Amalekites were the nomad bands that ro...
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...
NOW THE AMALEKITES— Instead of this awkward parenthesis, which strangely embarrasses the sense, the passage should be rendered as Houbigant and almost all the ancient versions render it, _But now, bec...
F. GENERAL PARDON; SENTENCE UPON THE PROVOKERS, vv. 20-38 TEXT Numbers 14:20. And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21. But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with t...
_(NOW THE AMALEKITES AND THE CANAANITES DWELT IN THE VALLEY.) TO MORROW TURN YOU, AND GET YOU INTO THE WILDERNESS BY THE WAY OF THE RED SEA._ Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley...
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
NOW THE AMALEKITES AND THE CANAANITES DWELT IN THE VALLEY. — There is considerable difficulty in regard to the meaning and connection of these words. They may be attached to the words which precede: “...
וְ הָֽ עֲמָלֵקִ֥י וְ הַֽ כְּנַעֲנִ֖י יֹושֵׁ֣ב
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...
_For. Hebrew, "Now," &c. The enemy is ready to attack you in the defiles, and I will not expose you at present to their fury, as you shall not enter the land for many years. Wherefore to-morrow, &c. ...
What an awful going back is here! They were now within a short stage of Canaan, but in consequence of their rebellion, they are to wander yet longer in the wilderness. And is there not in all this a m...
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...
25._Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites. _Some thus resolve these words; “Although the Amalekites dwell in the valley;” and others thus: “Since the Amalekites abide in the valleys to lay ambuscades....
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...
AND NOW THE AMALEKITES AND THE CANAANITES DWELT IN THE VALLEY,.... By the Canaanites are meant the Amorites, as Aben Ezra, which were a principal people of the land of Canaan, and which may be confirm...
Numbers 14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. Ver. 25. _Now the Amalekites._] There was but...
Numbers 14:25. _In the valley_ Beyond the mountain, at the foot whereof they now were, Numbers 14:40. And this clause is added, either, 1st, As an aggravation of Israel's misery and punishment, that b...
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...
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) The part of Canaan over which Caleb would have dominion extended from the region of the Amalekites down to the lowlands where the Canaanite...
MOSES INTERCEDES FOR THE PEOPLE...
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...
20-35 The Lord granted the prayer of Moses so far as not at once to destroy the congregation. But disbelief of the promise forbids the benefit. Those who despise the pleasant land shall be shut out o...
IN THE VALLEY; beyond the mountain at the foot whereof they now were, NUMBERS 14:40. And this clause is added, either, 1. As an aggravation of Israel's misery and punishment, that being now ready to...
"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 14:25 Amalekites H6003 Canaanites H3669 dwell H3427 (H8802) valley H6010 tomorrow H4279 turn H6437 (H8798)
YAHWEH GRANTS HIS PARDON BUT REFUSES TO CONSIDER THEIR ENTERING HIS LAND (14:20-25). Numbers 14:20 ‘And Yahweh said, “I have pardoned according to your word, but in very deed, as I live, and as all...
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...
_The wilderness by the way of the Red Sea._ THE RULE OF THE ROAD Every traveller has heard of the “rule of the road,” which must be obeyed in order to avoid accidents. There are certain rules of the...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 1:40; Numbers 13:29; Numbers 14:4; Proverbs 1:31;...
In the valley — Beyond the mountain, at the foot whereof they now were, Numbers 14:40. And this clause is added, either As an aggravation of Israel's misery and punishment, that being now ready to ent...
Did the Amalekites live in the mountain or in the valley? PROBLEM: This verse says the Amalekites and Canaanites “dwell in the valley.” But verse 45 says the opposite, namely, they “dwelt in that mou...