We have here the sad account of Israel's requital of the Lord's kindness. In which Reader, we shall as sadly mistake the subject if we overlook in Israel's history our own. As Israel threatened to return to Egypt, so often do the Lord's people now look back, and in their hearts too often return to the things of the world. And were it not for divine patience, many that are preserved to be among the cloud of God's witnesses, might have been like the wife of Lot, pillars of salt. Genesis 19:26; Hebrews 12:1. See also Numbers 14:2.

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