Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
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Gill's Exposition
Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey,.... Meaning the land of Canaan; but this was no fault of Moses, he had brought them to the borders of it, he had bid…
Barnes' Notes
Wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? - i. e. “blind them to the fact that you keep none of your promises;” “throw dust in their eyes.”
Here is, I. The insolence of Dathan and Abiram, and their treasonable remonstrance. Moses had heard what Korah had to say, and had answered it; now he summons Dathan and Abiram to bring in their…
Cambridge Bible
wilt thou bore out the eyes of these men? A strong figure which means, metaphorically, to blind them by false promises. Gray (Numb.p. 200) compares the English expression -to throw dust in the eyes."
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