And there we ſaw the giants, the ſons of Anak, which come of the giants : And we were in our own ſighe as graſhoppers p,and ſo we were in their ſight.
? (i.e) Small and contemprtible. H A P. XIV.
The children of Iſrael murmur againſ# Moſes and Aaron, x —=4q, Moſes, Aaron, Caleb and Joſbua go to appeaſe the people, 5--=-9. wherefore the people would have ſtoned them, xo. The Lord threatneth them with the peſtilence, 11. 12. Moſes intreateth the Lord for the people, t3-=—==19. The Lord heareth Moſes, 20----22, yet promiſeth that the murmurers ſball never enter into the Land of Canaan, 23. Judgements on the murmur=- ers, 24. They that brought an evil report on the land die of the plague, 37. They who would take poſſeſſion of the land contrary to Gods command are ſmiten, 40 45 :
ND all the congregation # lifted up their voice, and cryed, and the people wept that night,
a Except Caleb "and Joſbua, and ſome few others. A Synecdo- chical expreſſion, the whole for the greateſt part. -
. 2 And allthe children of Iſrael murmured againſt Mo- * See wer: ſes,and againſt Aaron b, and the whole congregation ſaid 28, 29. unto them, *Weyld God that we had died inthe land of
pt,or wouldGod that we haddiedin this wilderneſs. & As the inſtruments and occaſions of their preſent calamity. c It was not long wilderneſs.
*Lev: 26, 38. tAmos 2: 9.
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men of ſta= rures.
and fierce againſt us,that they came into the wilderneſs to fight with | us, will without doubt oppoſe us when we come cloſe by their | to feed them? Who ſhould conduct them over the Red-ſea? Or,
before they had their deſire, and diddicin the. ſpeak, ſaying, b
ed to them as if they had done it, Nehem: g. 16, 17. they appointed a captain, &#c: even as Abrahams purpoſe to offer up Iſaac is reckon- ed for the deed, Heb: 11. 17. g Stupendious madneſs! Whence ſhould they have prote&ion againſt the many hazards, and proviſli- on againſt all the wants of the wilderneſs ? Could they expe& ei- ther God's cloud to cover and gnide them, or Manna from heaven
ifthey went another way, who ſhould defend them againſt thoſe nations whoſe borders they were to paſs? What entertainment could they expet& from the Egyptians, whom they had deſerted and brought ro {vo much ruine ?
5 Then Moſes and Aaron fell on their faces þ before all
the aſſembly ; ofthe congregation of the children of Iſrael. þ As humble and earneſt ſupplicants, either to the people, to intreat them to deſiſt from their wicked and pernicious enrerprizez | Or rather to God, by comparing this with Numb: 16. 4. and 20. 6. | the only refuge to which Moſes reſorted in all ſuch ſtraits, and who alone was able to ſtill and govern this tumultuous and ſtif-necked people. # That they might be awaked to apprehend their ſin and danger, when they ſaw Moſes at his prayers, whom God never uſed to deny, and never failed to defend even with the deſtru&ion of his enemies. 6 And Joſhua the ſon of Nun, and Caleb the ſon of Jephunneh, hich were of them that ſearched the land, rent their cloaths k» To teſtifie their hearty grief for the peoples blaſphem 7 God, and ſedition againſt Moſes; and that dreadful vr mos Bye they eaſily foreſaw this muſt bring upon the congregation and people of God. 7 4nd they ſpake unto all the company of the chil- dren of iſrael, ſaying, The land which we paſſed through to ſearch ir, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the LORD delight in us7, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us, a land which floweth with milk and honey, I If by our rebellion and ingratitude we d | to loath and forſake us. - CO PT OE ed | 9 Only rebel ye not againſt the LORD, neither fear _ ye the people of the land, for they are bread for us w : their + defence » is departed from them, and the + Heb: LORD ro —_— 0: fear them not. - ſhadow.
2» We ſhall deſtroy them as eaſily as we d b mon food. Compare Numbers 24. 8. Plot. , "46g _ ry Their counſel, condut, and courage, and eſpecially, God; who was plea- ſed to afford them his proteCion, till their iniquities were full Gen:15 aaa _— from them, and hath given them up as a prey tous. 0 By his ſpecial grace and almigh us from them, and from all our Sins RR Wes ive
io Bur all the congregation bade ſtone them with
fiones: and the glory of the LORD appeared 7 in the tabernacle q of the congregation, before all the children of Iſrael. |
þ Now in the extremity of danger to reſcue his faith and toſtop the rage ofthe people. 9 (5. e.) Upon on beaten gry where the —__ uſually reſided, in which the glory of
od d1d appear upon occaſion, and now i ic ner, as the ſtate of things required. 0 Os TRIO Won : II _ the LORD laid unto Moſes, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the ſigns which I have ſhewed among them 2? |
12 [ will ſmite them with the peſtilence, and ciſfinhe- rit them r, * and will make of thee a greater nation and * Exod:
mightier than they. 32. 10. 7 This was not an abſolute determination, as th _—Wx a A like that of Nineveh's nn ond, 40 days, with a condition implyed, except tance, or powerful interceliion.. TO Qnody hn 13 And * Moſes faid untothe LORD, Then «: the , Egyptians faall hear iz (for thou broughteſt up this peo- Exod: ple in thy might from among them #2.) | "wing 2 : 38.
s (z. e.) In caſe thou doſt utterly deſtroy th thou didſt oy them. # Whereby 27. n hy — great honour to thy ſelf, which now thou wilt cer.
14 And they will tell jr to the inhabit 7 land «: * for they have heard that thou, LORD = + among this people ; that theu LORD, art ſeen face to m_ face, and zbat * thy cloud ſtandeth over them, and that Joſh: 2. 9. thou goeſt before them, by day time in apillar of a cloud, and s. i. | and _ we avoena of fire by night. " "Exod: % For there was much entercourſe between the ionss 3 32? 15 Now #f thou ſhalt kill all this nai — . then the nations which haye heard the fame of thee will
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F Chap. XIV. x (7.e.) Altogether, or to a man; and ſuddenly as it were by one blow, as if all had but one neck. ; :6 Becauſe the LORD was not * able to bring this people into the land which he {ware unto them y, therefore he hath flain them in the wilderneſs, y 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. 17 And now, I beſeech thee, let the power of my