3And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
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How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here we see what mischief the evil spies made by their unfair representation. We may suppose that these twelve that were impanelled to enquire concerning Canaan had talked it over among themselves before they brought in their report in public; and Caleb and Joshua, it is likely, had done their utmost to bring the rest over to be of their mind, and if they would but have agreed that Caleb, accordin…
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