Deuteronomy 1:22-46
send <07971> [We will send.]
The people proposed this measure through unbelief; Moses, mistaking their motive, approved of it; and God, being justly displeased, permitted them to follow their own counsel, which proved injurious to them only through their sin and folly.
Lord <08135 03068> [The Lord hated us.]
drained <04549> [discouraged. Heb. melted.]
people <05971> [The people.]
defenses ..... as high <01219> [walled.]
That is, with very high walls, which could not be easily scaled. Harmer says, high walls are still to be seen in Arabia, and are deemed a sufficient defence against the Arabs, who scarcely ever attempt to plunder except on horseback. The monastery on Mount Sinai, and the convent of St. Anthony in Egypt, are surrounded with a very high wall, without gates; the persons and things being taken up and let down through an opening in the upper part, by means of a pulley and a basket. This kind of walling is a sufficient defence.
saw <07200> [we have seen.]
fight <03898> [he shall.]
do <06213> [according.]
desert <04057> [in the wilderness.]
him carrying ...... man carries <05375 0376> [bare thee.]
going ............................... go <01980> [Who went.]
fire <0784> [in fire.]
vow <07650> [and sware.]
Caleb <03612> [Caleb.]
wholeheartedly followed <0310 04390> [wholly followed. Heb. fulfilled to go after.]
Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]
assistant <05975> [which standeth.]
Encourage ....... Israel <02388 03478> [encourage him.]
infants <02945> [your little.]
yet <03117> [which in.]
sinned <02398> [We have sinned.]
go up <05927> [Go not up.]
with <07130> [for I am not.]
rebelled <04784> [but rebelled.]
recklessly ... up <02102 05927> [went presumptuously up. Heb. ye were presumptuous and went up.]
chased ....... bees <07291 01682> [chased you.]
When bees are provoked or disturbed, the whole swarm attack and pursue whatever annoys them, with great courage and fury, and sometimes are a most formidable enemy. They were so troublesome in some districts of Crete, that, according to Pliny, the inhabitants were actually compelled to forsake their homes. ’lian reports, that some places in Scythia were formerly inaccessible on account of the numerous swarms of bees with which they were infested. Mr. Park relates, that some of his associates imprudently attempted to rob a numerous hive which they found in their way. The exasperated little animals rushed out to defend their property, and attacked them with so much fury, that they quickly compelled the whole company of men, horses, and asses, to scamper off in all directions, The horses were never recovered, and a number of the asses were so severely stung, that they died the next day.
Hormah <02767> [unto Hormah.]
