Numbers 14:12
12 I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.
12 I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 14:12
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.