Numbers 16:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Numbers 16:13 [Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

Ver. 13. That floweth with milk and honey.] So they falsely and maliciously speak of the land of Egypt, in derision of the land of Canaan, whereunto that praise properly belonged. Those that were born in hell know no other heaven.

Altogether a prince over us.] So their quarrel was against Moses' principality, though they pretended the priesthood only at first. If the ministry once be taken away, let the magistrate see to himself; he is next.

Numbers 16:13

13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?