Numbers 14:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. ”

Numbers 14:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render: But as truly as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord; Numbers 14:22 all those men, etc.; Numbers 14:23 shall not see, etc. Numbers 14:22 These...
Numbers 14:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 14:11-25 (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 14:2...
Numbers 14:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as. live. Hebrew "assuredly. live; and all the earth", &c. Compare Ezekiel 18:3 ; Ezekiel 20:33 . Romans 14:11 . all the earth. First occurrence of this expression. Compare Isaiah 6:3 ;...
Numbers 14:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. But as truly as I live, all the earth. It is, indeed, plain that God here swears by His life and glory: the meaning is only ambiguous in this respect, that some translate it in the past...
Numbers 14:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 156 GOD’S ANSWER TO THE INTERCESSION OF MOSES Numbers 14:20-21 . And the Lord said, I have pardoned, according to thy word: but, as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with...
Numbers 14:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. All the earth shall be filled, etc. - כל הארץ kol haarets, all This land, i. e., the land of Canaan which was onl...
Numbers 14:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have pardoned, &c.— That is, "At thy intercession I have spared their lives, and will not immediately destroy them; but, in testimony of my severe displeasure, this murmuring generation shall...
Numbers 14:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. All the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. This promise, in its full acceptation, remains to b...
Numbers 14:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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. Exodus 32:10 , where a similar promise is made...
Numbers 14:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DOOM OF THE UNBELIEVING Numbers 14:1-45 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...
Numbers 14:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pardon by Moses' Intercession Numbers 14:13-25 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...
Numbers 14:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 14:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

GOD'S glory is the ultimate object of all his dispensations. The work of creation, is expressly put down to this design. Revelation 4:11 . The work of redemption the same. Isaiah 43:21 .
Numbers 14:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But [as truly as] I live ,.... Which is the form of an oath, as the Targum; the Lord swears by his life, or by himself, because he could swear by no greater: all the earth shall be filled with the...
Numbers 14:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. Ver. 21. But as truly as I live. ] This is an oath, as appears by comparing herewith Psalms 95:11 . To blame...
Numbers 14:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have pardoned So far as not utterly to destroy them. With the glory of the Lord With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people. My glory That is...
Numbers 14:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 14:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Answer to Moses; The Israelites Threatened. B. C. 1490. 20 And the L ORD said,...
Numbers 14:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people in manner following. That this is the true sense, appears both from the particle of opposition, and...
Numbers 14:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Grants His Pardon But Refuses to Consider Their Entering His Land (14:20-25). Numbers 14:20-23 ‘And Yahweh said, “I have pardoned according to your word, but in very deed, as I live, an...
Numbers 14:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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....
Numbers 14:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 14:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

I have pardoned according to thy word. God’s answer to Moses’ prayer I. The extremity of the sentence is receded from ( Numbers 14:20 ). “I have pardoned,” so as not to cut them all off at once...
Numbers 14:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH (continued) ( Numbers 13:1-4 , Numbers 14:1-4 ). Numbers 14:1 And the people wept that night. As the spies repeated their dismal tidings, each...
Numbers 14:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses Intercedes for the People
Numbers 14:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:40 ; Ezekiel 18:3 ; Ezekiel 33:11 ; Ezekiel 33:27 ; Ezekiel 5:11 ; Habakkuk 2:14 ; Isaiah 49:18 ; Jeremiah 22:24 ; Matthew 6:10 ; Psalms 72:19 ; Zephaniah 2:9
Numbers 14:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With the glory of the Lord — With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people.

Numbers 14:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 14:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Numbers 14:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 14:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 14:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 14:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 14:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 14:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 14:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 14:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 14:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 14:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 14:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 14:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 14:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 14:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 14:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes