Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
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Gill's Exposition
Yet also I lifted up mine hand unto them in the wilderness,.... Swore unto them, as in Eze 20:5;
that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them; by promise to their fathers, and to…
The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children. Eze 20:11 The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai, and…
Adam Clarke
I lifted up my hand - Their provocations in the wilderness were so great, that I vowed never to bring them into the promised land. I did not consume them, but I disinherited them. See the note on Eze…
The history of the struggle between the sins of Israel, by which they endeavoured to ruin themselves, and the mercies of God, by which he endeavoured to save them and make them happy, is here…
For his name's sake Jehovah did not make a clean end of the people, nevertheless he sware that the generation that came out of Egypt should not enter into the land of promise, Num 14:22-23; Num 14:29:…
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