And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
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And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness,.... The wilderness of Zin, whither by various marches and journeys, and through different stations, they were at length…
The language of the murmurers is noteworthy. It has the air of a traditional remonstrance handed down from the last generation. Compare marginal references.
After thirty-eight years' tedious marches, or rather tedious rests, in the wilderness, backward towards the Red Sea, the armies of Israel now at length set their faces towards Canaan again, and had…
The striking of the rock at Meribah. Many characteristics of language indicate that this is mainly the work of P. In Exo 17:1-7 there is another account (E) of the striking of the rock, the place…
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