Micah 3:8; Matthew 9:6; Matthew 9:8
The syntax of these verses is singularly broken. As did Paul when deeply moved, so Moses presses his arguments one on the other without pausing to...
Numbers 14:11-25 (JE). Yahweh's Threat to Disinherit the People, and Moses-' Intercession for them. This section is derived from JE, as appea...
my LORD . Jehovah. One of the 134 alterations of the Sopherim. See App-32. Many codices, and first printed edition, read "Jehovah".
17. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great. He derives another ground of confidence from the vision, in which God had mo...
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Let the power of my Lord be great— That this power of the Lord refers to what follows, is evident to every reader. I cannot, therefore, help grea...
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, Let the power of my Lord be great - be mag...
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...
Let the power of my Lord be great ] i.e. in the eyes of the heathen, when they see Israel possessing the land. 18 . See on Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus...
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great. — The word Lord in Numbers 14:17 should not be printed in large capitals in this pl...
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...
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 momen...
The people were swayed by the opinion of the majority. The call was distinctly heard and the desirability of obedience comprehended. But walled citie...
Nothing can be more beautiful and interesting, than these pleas of Moses. Reader! remark with me the arguments he makes use of; all which terminate i...
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of Lord be great ,.... That is, appear to be great; the power of God is great, not only mighty, but almighty;...
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, Ver. 17. Let the power of my Lord be great. ] I...
Not able His power was quite spent in bringing them out of Egypt, and could not finish the work he had begun and had sworn to do. Let the power of...
ISRAEL REFUSES THEIR INHERITANCE (vs.1-10) The discouraging words of the ten spies infected the whole congregation of Israel, as a discouragement...
The Intercession of Moses. B. C. 1490. ...
Be great, i.e. appear to be great, discover its greatness; a real verb put for a declarative, or the thing for the manifestation of the thing. And...
Moses Successfully Intercedes For Them ( Numbers 14:13-19 ). Numbers 14:13-14 ‘And Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it, for...
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 14:9 . 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...
Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people. Moses’ expostulation What book but the Bible has the courage to represent a man standing i...
EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH (continued) ( Numbers 13:1-4 , Numbers 14:1-4 ). Numbers 14:1 And the people wept that night....
Moses Intercedes for the People
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, He should reveal and prove Himself as great in mercy, according as Thou hast spoken, say...
Be great — That is appear to be great, discover its greatness: namely, the power of his grace and mercy, or the greatness of his mercy, in pardonin...
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,