23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
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Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, …
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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. The extremity of the sentence is receded from (Num. 14:20): “ I have pardon…
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