Numbers 14:1-3 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.… Giving credit to the report of the spies, rather than to the word of God, and imagining their condition desperate, they laid the reins on the neck of their passions, and could keep no manner of temper; like foolish, froward children, they fall a-crying, yet know not what they cried for. It had been time enough to cry out if the enemies had beaten up their quarters and they had seen the sons of Anak at the gate of their camp; but they that cried when nothing hurt them deserved to have something given them to cry for. And as if all had been already gone they sat them down and wept out that night. Note, unbelief and distrust of God is a sin that is its own punishment. Those that do not trust God are continually vexing themselves. The world's mourners are more than God's, and the sorrow of the world worketh death. ( Matthew Henry, D. D..) Parallel Verses KJV: And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.WEB: All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. |
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