2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
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Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. …
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. …
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Here is, I. The people’s sin. They complained , Num. 11:1. They were, as it were, complainers . So it is in the margin. There were some secret grudgings and discontents among them, which as yet did not break out in an open mutiny. But how great a matter did this little fire kindle! They had received from God excellent laws and ordinances, and yet no sooner had they departed from the mount of the L…
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