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King James Bible - Numbers 14:15

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:15

y que has hecho morir a este pueblo como a un hombre; y los gentiles que hubieren oído tu fama hablarán, diciendo:

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 15. Now [if] thou shall kill [all] this people, as one man , etc.] Suddenly, and at once, as might be done by a pestilence; and as 185,000 were smitten at once, and as thought by the same disease, by the Angel of the Lord in the camp of the Assyrians, in later times, ( 2 Kings 19:35); then the nations which have heard the fame of thee ; the Egyptians, Canaanites, and others, as Aben Ezra observes; who had heard the report of the wonderful things done by him for Israel, and of the great favours he had bestowed upon them, and so of his power, and goodness, and other perfections displayed therein, which made him appear to be preferable to all the gods of the Gentiles: will speak, saying ; as follows.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 11-19 - Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.

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Original Hebrew

והמתה 4191 את 853 העם 5971 הזה 2088 כאישׁ 376 אחד 259 ואמרו 559 הגוים 1471 אשׁר 834 שׁמעו 8085 את 853 שׁמעך 8088 לאמר׃ 559