Numbers 14:20

And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: I have pardoned - That is, They shall not be cut off as they deserve, because thou hast interceded for their lives.

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I have pardoned — So far as not utterly to destroy them.

²⁰ And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 14:20