Numbers 14:15
15 Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
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15 Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 14:15
Commentary on Numbers 14:11-19
(Read Numbers 14:11-19)
Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.