Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Num 14:1, The people murmur at the news; Num 14:6, Joshua and Caleb labour to still them; v.11, God threatens them; v.13, Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon; v.26, The murmurers are debarred from entering into the land; v.36, The men who raised the evil report die by a plague; v.40, The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten.
murmured: Num 16:41; Exo 15:24, Exo 16:2, Exo 16:3, Exo 17:3; Deu 1:27; Psa 106:24, Psa 106:45; Co1 10:10; Phi 2:14, Phi 2:15; Jde 1:16
Would: Num 14:28, Num 14:29, Num 11:15; Kg1 19:4; Job 3:11, Job 7:15, Job 7:16; Jon 4:3, Jon 4:8
our wives: Num 14:31, Num 14:32
Deu 17:16, Deu 28:68; Neh 9:16, Neh 9:17; Luk 17:32; Act 7:39; Heb 10:38, Heb 10:39, Heb 11:15; Pe2 2:21, Pe2 2:22
Num 16:4, Num 16:22, Num 16:45; Gen 17:3; Lev 9:24; Jos 5:14, Jos 7:10; Kg1 18:39; Ch1 21:16; Eze 9:8; Dan 10:9; Mat 26:39; Rev 4:10, Rev 5:14, Rev 7:11
Joshua: Num 14:24, Num 14:30, Num 14:38, Num 13:6, Num 13:8, Num 13:30
rent their clothes: Gen 37:29, Gen 37:34, Gen 44:13; Jos 7:6; Jdg 11:35; Sa2 3:31; Kg2 18:37; Job 1:20; Joe 2:12, Joe 2:13; Mat 26:65
an exceeding good land: Num 13:27; Deu 1:25, Deu 6:10, Deu 6:11, Deu 8:7-9
delight: Deu 10:15; Sa2 15:25, Sa2 15:26, Sa2 22:20; Kg1 10:9; Psa 22:8, Psa 147:10, Psa 147:11; Isa 62:4; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17; Rom 8:31
a land which: Num 13:27
Only rebel: Deu 9:7, Deu 9:23, Deu 9:24; Isa 1:2, Isa 63:10; Dan 9:5, Dan 9:9; Phi 1:27
are bread: Num 24:8; Deu 32:42; Psa 14:4, Psa 74:14
defence: Heb. shadow, Tzillam, a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. (See the parallel passages.) The Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing; using the expressions, "May the shadow (zulli) of thy prosperity be extended." "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers." And in an elegant distich, "May your protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your shadow (zullikem) eternally." The loftiest and most esteemed title of the sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia, is zil ullah, shadow of God. Psa 91:1, Psa 121:5; Isa 30:2, Isa 30:3, Isa 32:2; Jer 48:45
the Lord: Gen 48:21; Exo 33:16; Deu 7:21, Deu 20:1-4, Deu 31:6, Deu 31:8; Jos 1:5; Jdg 1:22; Ch2 13:12, Ch2 15:2, Ch2 20:17, Ch2 32:8; Psa 46:1, Psa 46:2, Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10; Mat 1:23; Rom 8:31
fear them not: Isa 41:14
But all: Exo 17:4; Sa1 30:6; Mat 23:37; Act 7:52, Act 7:59
And the: Num 16:19, Num 16:42, Num 20:6; Exo 16:7, Exo 16:10, Exo 24:16, Exo 24:17, Exo 40:34; Lev 9:23
How long will this: Num 14:27; Exo 10:3, Exo 16:28; Pro 1:22; Jer 4:14; Hos 8:5; Zac 8:14; Mat 17:17
provoke: Num 14:23; Deu 9:7, Deu 9:8, Deu 9:22, Deu 9:23; Psa 95:8; Heb 3:8, Heb 3:16
believe me: Deu 1:32; Psa 78:22, Psa 78:32, Psa 78:41, Psa 78:42, Psa 106:24; Mar 9:19; Joh 10:38, Joh 12:37; Joh 15:24; Heb 3:18
smite: Num 16:46-49, Num 25:9; Exo 5:3; Sa2 24:1, Sa2 24:12-15
will make: Exo 32:10
And Moses said unto the Lord: From this verse to Num 14:19, inclusive, we have the words of the earnest intercession of Moses. they need no explanation; they are full of simplicity and energy.
Then the: Exo 32:12; Deu 9:26-28, Deu 32:27; Jos 7:8, Jos 7:9; Psa 106:23; Eze 20:9, Eze 20:14
they have: Exo 15:14; Jos 2:9, Jos 2:10, Jos 5:1
art seen: Num 12:8; Gen 32:30; Exo 33:11; Deu 5:4, Deu 34:10; Joh 1:18, Joh 14:9; Co1 13:12; Jo1 3:2
thy cloud: Num 9:15-21, Num 10:34; Exo 13:21, Exo 13:22, Exo 40:38; Neh 9:12, Neh 9:19; Psa 78:14, Psa 105:39
Deu 9:28, Deu 32:26, Deu 32:27; Jos 7:9
longsuffering: Exo 34:6, Exo 34:7; Psa 103:8, Psa 145:8; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18; Nah 1:2, Nah 1:3; Rom 3:24-26; Rom 5:21; Eph 1:7, Eph 1:8
visiting: Exo 20:5, Exo 34:7; Jer 23:2
Pardon: Exo 32:32, Exo 34:9; Kg1 8:34; Psa 51:1, Psa 51:2; Eze 20:8, Eze 20:9; Dan 9:19
according: Isa 55:7; Tit 3:4-7
and as thou: Exo 32:10-14, Exo 33:17; Psa 78:38, Psa 106:7, Psa 106:8, Psa 106:45; Jon 3:10, Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18; Jam 5:15; Jo1 5:14-16
until now: or, hitherto
as truly: Deu 32:40; Isa 49:18; Jer 22:24; Eze 5:11, Eze 18:3, Eze 33:11, Eze 33:27; Zep 2:9
all the: Psa 72:19; Hab 2:14; Mat 6:10
which have: Num 14:11; Deu 1:31-35; Psa 95:9-11, Psa 106:26; Heb 3:17, Heb 3:18
tempted: Exo 17:2; Psa 95:9, Psa 106:14; Mal 3:15; Mat 4:7; Co1 10:9; Heb 3:9
ten times: Gen 31:7, Gen 31:41; Job 19:3
Surely they shall not see: Heb. If they see, Num 26:64, Num 32:11; Deu 1:35-45; Neh 9:23; Psa 95:11, Psa 106:26; Eze 20:15; Heb 3:17, Heb 3:18, Heb 4:3
my servant: Num 14:6-9, Num 13:30, Num 26:65; Deu 1:36; Jos 14:6-14
another spirit: Caleb had another spirit; not only a bold, generous, courageous, noble, and heroic spirit, but the Spirit and influence of God, which thus raised him above human inquietudes and earthly fears. Therefore he followed God fully; literally, "and he filled after me:" God shewed him the way he was to take and the line of conduct he was to pursue, and he filled up this line, and in all things followed the will of his Maker.
followed me: Num 32:11, Num 32:12; Deu 6:5; Jos 14:8, Jos 14:9; Ch1 29:9, Ch1 29:18; Ch2 25:2; Psa 119:80, Psa 119:145; Pro 23:26; Act 11:23; Eph 6:6; Col 3:23
the Amalekites: Num 13:29
turn you: Num 14:4; Deu 1:40; Psa 81:11-13; Pro 1:31
How long: Num 14:11; Exo 16:28; Mat 17:7; Mar 9:19
I have heard: Exo 16:12; Co1 10:10
As truly: Num 14:21, Num 14:23, Num 26:64, Num 26:65, Num 32:11; Deu 1:35; Psa 90:8, Psa 90:9; Heb 3:17
as ye have: Num 14:2
carcases: Num 14:32, Num 14:33; Co1 10:5; Heb 3:17; Jde 1:5
all that were: Num 1:45, Num 26:64
sware: Heb. lifted up my hand, Gen 14:22
save Caleb: Num 14:38, Num 26:65, Num 32:12; Deu 1:36-38
little ones: Num 26:6, Num 26:64; Deu 1:39
ye said: Num 14:3
know: Their children, by possessing Canaan, knew what a good land their fathers had despised.
the land: Gen 25:34; Psa 106:24; Pro 1:25, Pro 1:30; Mat 22:5; Act 13:41; Heb 12:16, Heb 12:17
shall wander in the wilderness: or, feed, This implies, that they should move from place to place in the deserts, as the Bedounin Arabs, who have no certain dwelling, but rove about seeking pasture for their flocks. Num 32:13; Jos 14:10; Psa 107:4, Psa 107:40
forty years: Num 33:38; Deu 1:3, Deu 2:14
bear: Num 5:31; Jer 3:1, Jer 3:2; Eze 23:35, Eze 23:45-49; Hos 9:1
the number: Psa 95:10; Eze 4:6; Dan 9:24; Rev 11:3
shall ye bear: Num 18:23; Lev 20:19; Psa 38:4; Eze 14:10
ye shall: Kg1 8:56; Psa 77:8, Psa 105:42; Jer 18:9, Jer 18:10; Lam 3:31-33; Heb 4:1
breach of promise: or, altering of my purpose, Tenooathi, rather, my failure, or disannulling, from noo, to fail, disannul; for as they had broken their engagements, God was no longer held by his covenant. Deu 31:16, Deu 31:17; Sa1 2:30; Zac 11:10
I will surely: Num 23:19
this evil: Num 14:27-29, Num 26:65; Co1 10:5, Co1 10:11; Heb 3:19
those men: Thus ten of the twelve who searched out the land were struck dead, by the justice of God, on the spot. In commemoration of this event, the Jews, to this day, celebrate a fast, on the seventh day of the month Elul.
died: Num 14:12, Num 16:49, Num 25:9; Jer 28:16, Jer 28:17, Jer 29:32; Co1 10:10; Heb 3:17; Jde 1:5
mourned greatly: Exo 33:4; Pro 19:3; Isa 26:16; Mat 8:12; Heb 12:17
rose up: Deu 1:41; Ecc 9:3; Mat 7:21-23, Mat 26:11, Mat 26:12; Luk 13:25
for we have sinned: We are sensible of our sin, and repent of it; and are now ready to do as Caleb and Joshua exhorted us. Or, though we have sinned, yet we hope God will make good his promise.
but it shall: Job 4:9; Jer 2:37, Jer 32:5
Deu 1:42; Jos 7:8, Jos 7:12; Psa 44:1, Psa 44:2-11
Num 14:25, Num 13:29; Lev 26:17; Deu 28:25
because: Jdg 16:20; Ch1 28:9; Ch2 15:2; Isa 63:10; Hos 9:12
they presumed: This miserable people a short time ago, thought that, though Omnipotence was with them, they could not conquer and possess the land! Now they imagine, that though God himself go not with them, yet they shall be sufficient to drive out the inhabitants, and take possession of their country! Man is ever supposing he can do all things, or do nothing. he is therefore sometimes presumptuous, and at other times in despair. Num 15:30; Deu 1:43
the ark: Num 10:33; Sa1 4:3-11
the Amalekites: Num 14:43; Exo 17:16; Deu 1:44, Deu 32:30; Jos 7:5, Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12