Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
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Gill's Exposition
Nevertheless, mine eye spared them from destroying them,.... Utterly, so as to leave neither root nor branch; for though the whole generation died excepting two, either by the immediate hand of God in…
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…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Another motive besides regard for his own name moved Jehovah to spare Israel pity for the sinners; cf. Psa 78:38, "But he being full of compassion forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yea…
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