39And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
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And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-45)Here is, I. The sudden death of the ten evil spies. While the sentence was passing upon the people, before it was published, they died of the plague before the Lord , Num. 14:36 , 37 . Now, 1. God hereby showed his particular displeasure against those who sinned and made Israel to sin . (1.) They sinned themselves, in bringing up a slander upon the land of promise. Note, Those greatly provoke God…
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