Num 14:1 | Clarke | STEP | The whole congregation weep at the account brought by the spies, . They murmur, , ; and propose to make themselves a captain, and go back to Egypt, . Moses and Aaron are greatly affected, . Joshua and Caleb endeavor to appease and encourage the people, . The congregation are about to stone them, . The glory of the Lord appears, and he is about to smite the rebels with the pestilence, , . Moses makes a long and pathetic intercession in their behalf, . The Lord hears and forbears to punish, ; but purposes that not one of that generation shall enter into the promised land save Joshua and Caleb, . Moses is commanded to turn and get into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, . The Lord repeats his purpose that none of that generation shall enter into the promised land - that their carcasses shall fall in the wilderness, and that their children alone, with Joshua and Caleb, shall possess the land of the Canaanites, etc., . As many days as they have searched the land shall they wander years in the desert, until they shall be utterly consumed, . All the spies save Joshua and Caleb die by a plague, . Moses declares God's purpose to the people, at which they are greatly affected, . They acknowledge their sin, and purpose to go up at once and possess the land, . Moses cautions them against resisting the purpose of God, . They, notwithstanding, presume to go, but Moses and the ark abide in the camp, . The Amalekites and Canaanites come down from the mountains, and defeat them, . Verse 1 Cried; and - wept that night - In almost every case this people gave deplorable evidence of the degraded state of their minds. With scarcely any mental firmness, and with almost no religion, they could bear no reverses, and were ever at their wit's end. They were headstrong, presumptuous, pusillanimous, indecisive, and fickle. And because they were such, therefore the power and wisdom of God appeared the more conspicuously in the whole of their history.

Numbers 14:1

Introduction

The whole congregation weep at the account brought by the spies, Num 14:1. They murmur, Num 14:2, Num 14:3; and propose to make themselves a captain, and go back to Egypt, Num 14:4. Moses and Aaron are greatly affected, Num 14:5. Joshua and Caleb endeavor to appease and encourage the people, Num 14:6-9. The congregation are about to stone them, Num 14:10. The glory of the Lord appears, and he is about to smite the rebels with the pestilence, Num 14:11, Num 14:12. Moses makes a long and pathetic intercession in their behalf, Num 14:13-19. The Lord hears and forbears to punish, Num 14:20; but purposes that not one of that generation shall enter into the promised land save Joshua and Caleb, Num 14:21-24. Moses is commanded to turn and get into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, Num 14:25. The Lord repeats his purpose that none of that generation shall enter into the promised land - that their carcasses shall fall in the wilderness, and that their children alone, with Joshua and Caleb, shall possess the land of the Canaanites, etc., Num 14:26-32. As many days as they have searched the land shall they wander years in the desert, until they shall be utterly consumed, Num 14:33-35. All the spies save Joshua and Caleb die by a plague, Num 14:36-38. Moses declares God's purpose to the people, at which they are greatly affected, Num 14:39. They acknowledge their sin, and purpose to go up at once and possess the land, Num 14:40. Moses cautions them against resisting the purpose of God, Num 14:41-43. They, notwithstanding, presume to go, but Moses and the ark abide in the camp, Num 14:44. The Amalekites and Canaanites come down from the mountains, and defeat them, Num 14:45.

Verse 1

Cried; and - wept that night - In almost every case this people gave deplorable evidence of the degraded state of their minds. With scarcely any mental firmness, and with almost no religion, they could bear no reverses, and were ever at their wit's end. They were headstrong, presumptuous, pusillanimous, indecisive, and fickle. And because they were such, therefore the power and wisdom of God appeared the more conspicuously in the whole of their history.