Numbers 14:44

They presumed; guilty both of rashness and rebellion; thus running from one extreme to another.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 14:44

Arno Geneva Study Bible

But they (r) presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. (r) The...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

presumed to go up . were presumptuous to go up. Compare idiom, Numbers 35:31 . Genesis 2:3 ; Genesis 31:27 ; Deuteronomy 1:42 ; Deuteronomy 1:43...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

44. But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top. It was not, indeed, their intention deliberately to array themselves against God, but rath...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 158 PRESUMPTION OF THE REBELLIOUS ISRAELITES Numbers 14:44 . But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top. THERE are principles in...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But they presumed, &c.— "They loftily presumed, or took on them, by violence, with a lofty presumptuous mind. The word עפל, whose primary s...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. The...
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 . C...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They presumed to go up. — i.e., they made a bold attempt to ascend the mountain. Their enemies appear to have encountered and discomfited them be...
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 quel...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Unbelief and Rashness Numbers 14:26-45 The old translation in Numbers 14:34 was unfortunate. “Breach of promise” is rendered i...
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 citie...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe, the LORD had commanded the people to go back towards the way by the Red Sea. But they, self-willed and presumptuous, wilt go up towards Cana...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top ,.... In a bold, audacious, and presumptuous manner; they attempted to go up to the top of the hill, no...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Death of the Evil Spies. B. C. 1490. ...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Aftermath ( Numbers 14:36-45 ). A number of things followed on Yahweh's words. a The men who brought the evil report died, while Joshua and...
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...
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 Biblical Illustrator

But they presumed to go up. A presumptuous enterprise and its disastrous termination In these verses we have an illustration of-- 1. The sad...
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....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Disobedience of the People Punished
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop; nevertheless the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord and Moses departed not out of the camp.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:3-11 ; Deuteronomy 1:43 ; Numbers 10:33 ; Numbers 15:30

⁴⁴ But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 14:44

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 14:44