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Text -- Numbers 14:1-8 (NET)
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The Israelites Respond in Unbelief
14:1 Then all the community raised a loud cry , and the people wept that night .
14:2 And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron , and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt , or if only we had perished in this wilderness !
14:3 Why has the Lord brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword , that our wives and our children should become plunder ? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt ?”
14:4 So they said to one another , “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt .”
14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites .
14:6 And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh , two of those who had investigated the land , tore their garments .
14:7 They said to the whole community of the Israelites , “The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land .
14:8 If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us– a land that is flowing with milk and honey .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Caleb |
Moses |
Disobedience to God |
Apostasy |
Complaint |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
Exodus |
Trouble |
Israel |
Government |
Cowardice |
Aaron |
Joshua |
Courage |
NUMBERS, BOOK OF |
Decision |
Faith |
Majority and Minority Reports |
Reports |
Canaan |
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NET Notes: Num 14:1 There are a number of things that the verb “to weep” or “wail” can connote. It could reflect joy, grief, lamentation, or repen...
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NET Notes: Num 14:4 The form is a cohortative with a vav (ו) prefixed. After the preceding cohortative this could also be interpreted as a purpose or result clause ...
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NET Notes: Num 14:7 The repetition of the adverb מְאֹד (mÿ’od) is used to express this: “very, very [good].”
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