Numbers 第14章
The People Rebel
2And all the people of Israel 14:2 ver. 27, 29, 33; ch. 16:41; Ex. 15:24; 16:2; 17:3; Ps. 106:25; [Josh. 9:18] grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or 14:2 [ver. 27-29]would that we had died in this wilderness!
3Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? 14:3 ver. 31Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
4And they said to one another, 14:4 Neh. 9:17“Let us choose a leader and 14:4 [Deut. 17:16; Acts 7:39]go back to Egypt.”
5Then 14:5 ch. 16:4, 22; 20:6Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.
614:6 ver. 30; ch. 13:6, 8And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
7and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, 14:7 ch. 13:27; Deut. 1:25“The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
8If 14:8 Deut. 10:15; 2 Sam. 22:20; 1 Kgs. 10:9; Ps. 18:19; 22:8; Isa. 62:4the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, 14:8 See Ex. 3:8a land that flows with milk and honey.
9Only 14:9 Josh. 22:16, 18, 19, 29do not rebel against the Lord. And 14:9 Deut. 7:18; 20:3do not fear the people of the land, for 14:9 ch. 24:8; [Ps. 14:4; 74:14]they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”
11And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people 14:11 ver. 23; ch. 16:30despise me? And how long will they not 14:11 Deut. 1:32; 9:23; Ps. 78:22, 32; 106:24; Heb. 3:18; [John 12:37]believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
Moses Intercedes for the People
13But 14:13 Ex. 32:12; [Deut. 9:28; 32:27; Ps. 106:23; Ezek. 20:9, 14]Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your might from among them,
14and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. 14:14 Ex. 15:14; Josh. 2:9, 10; 5:1They have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people. For you, O Lord, are seen face to face, and 14:14 See Ex. 13:21your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
15Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say,
16‘It is because the Lord14:16 Deut. 9:28; [Josh. 7:9]was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’
17And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying,
God Promises Judgment
20Then the Lord said, “I have pardoned, 14:20 Ps. 106:23; [James 5:16]; See 1 John 5:14-16according to your word.
21But truly, as I live, and as all 14:21 Ps. 72:19; Hab. 2:14the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,
2214:22 Deut. 1:35; Ps. 95:11; 106:26; Heb. 3:17, 18none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these 14:22 [Gen. 31:7; Job 19:3]ten times and have not obeyed my voice,
2314:23 ch. 32:11; Ezek. 20:15; [ch. 26:64]shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it.
24But my servant 14:24 ver. 6; ch. 13:6Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has 14:24 ch. 32:12; Josh. 14:8, 9followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
2514:25 ver. 43, 45; See ch. 13:29Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, 14:25 Deut. 1:40turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
26And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
27“How long shall 14:27 ver. 35this wicked congregation grumble against me? 14:27 Ex. 16:7, 12I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.
28Say to them, 14:28 ver. 21, 23; ch. 26:65‘As I live, declares the Lord, 14:28 [ver. 2]what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:
2914:29 1 Cor. 10:5; Heb. 3:17your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and 14:29 ch. 1:45; 26:64; Deut. 1:35of all your number, listed in the census 14:29 ch. 1:3; Ex. 30:14from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,
30not one shall come into the land where I 14:30 See Gen.14:22swore that I would make you dwell, 14:30 ver. 6, 38; See ch. 13:6except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
3114:31 ver. 3; Deut. 1:39But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that 14:31 Ps. 106:24you have rejected.
33And your children 14:33 ch. 32:13; [Ps. 107:40] shall be shepherds in the wilderness 14:33 Ps. 95:10; [Deut. 2:14] forty years and shall 14:33 Ezek. 23:35suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.
3614:36 ch. 13:32And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land—
37the men who brought up a bad report of the land—14:37 1 Cor. 10:10; Heb. 3:17; Jude 5died by plague before the Lord.
Israel Defeated in Battle
39When Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, the people 14:39 Ex. 33:4mourned greatly.
40And they rose early in the morning and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, 14:40 Deut. 1:41“Here we are. We will go up to the place that the Lord has promised, for we have sinned.”
4114:41 [2 Chr. 24:20]But Moses said, “Why now are you transgressing the command of the Lord, when that will not succeed?
4214:42 Deut. 1:42Do not go up, 14:42 [Deut. 31:17]for the Lord is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.
43For there 14:43 ver. 25, 45; See ch. 13:29the Amalekites and the Canaanites are facing you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have turned back from following the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”
4414:44 Deut. 1:43But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither 14:44 [1 Sam. 4:3]the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp.
45Then 14:45 ver. 43; [Deut. 1:44] the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to 14:45 ch. 21:3; Judg. 1:17Hormah.
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