Numbers 14:22 (BSB)
not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
From Numbers 14. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Numbers 14:22
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 14:20-35: We have here God's answer to the prayer of Moses, which sings both of mercy and judgment. It is given privately to Moses (Num 14:20-25), and then directed to be made public to the people, Num 14:26-35. The frequent repetitions of the same things in it speak these resolves to be unalterable. Let us see the particulars. I.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 14:22: Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,.... Not possess and enjoy the land of Canaan, which the Lord by an oath had promised their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to their seed; and now he swears that these men, who had so often tempted him, and been disobedient to him, should not inherit it; so the...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 14:22: Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; (i) That is, various times and often.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 14:20-23: Num 14:20-23 In answer to this importunate prayer, the Lord promised forgiveness, namely, the preservation of the nation, but not the remission of the well-merited punishment. At the rebellion at Sinai, He had postponed the punishment “till the day of His visitation” (Exo 32:34).