SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:40
Y se levantaron por la maņana, y subieron a la cumbre del monte, diciendo: Henos aquí preparados para subir al lugar del cual ha hablado el SEŅOR; porque hemos pecado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 14:40
Verse 40. We-will go up unto the place, &c.] They found themselves on the very borders of the land, and they heard God say they should not enter it, but should be consumed by a forty years' wandering in the wilderness; notwithstanding, they are determined to render vain this purpose of God, probably supposing that the temporary sorrow they felt for their late rebellion would be accepted as a sufficient atonement for their crimes. They accordingly went up, and were cut down by their enemies; and why? God went not with them. How vain is the counsel of man against the wisdom of God! Nature, poor, fallen human nature, is ever running into extremes. This miserable people, a short time ago, thought that though they had Omnipotence 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 either do all things or do nothing; he is therefore sometimes presumptuous, and at other times in despair. Who but an apostle, or one under the influence of the same Spirit, can say, I can do ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST who strengtheneth me?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 40. And they rose up early in the morning , etc.] The next morning after they had heard the bad news of their consumption in the wilderness; not being able, perhaps, to sleep that night with the thoughts of it, and being now in a great haste to go up and possess the land of Canaan, as they were before to return to Egypt: and gat them up into the top of the mountain ; which was the way the spies went into the land of Canaan, ( Numbers 13:17); this they did not actually ascend, as appears from ( Numbers 14:44,45); but they determined upon it, and got themselves ready for it: saying, lo, we [be here] ; this they said either to one another, animating each other to engage in the enterprise; or to Moses and Joshua, signifying that they were ready to go up and possess the land, if they would put themselves at the head of them, and take the command and direction of them; and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised : the land of Canaan: for we have sinned ; in not going up to possess it, when they were bid to go, and in listening to the spies that brought an ill report of it, and by murmuring against Moses and Aaron, and the Lord himself, and proposing to make them a captain and return to Egypt, ( Numbers 14:2-4): but this acknowledgment and repentance were not very sincere, by what follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 40-45 - Some of the Israelites were now earnest to go forward toward Canaan But it came too late. If men would but be as earnest for heaven whil their day of grace lasts, as they will be when it is over, how wel would it be for them! That which has been duty in its season, when mistimed, may be turned into sin. Those who are out of the way of their duty, are not under God's protection, and go at their peril. God bad them go, and they would not; he forbade them, and they would go. Thu is the carnal mind enmity against God. They had distrusted God' strength; they now presume upon their own without his. And the expedition fails accordingly; now the sentence began to be executed that their carcases should fall in the wilderness. That affair can never end well, which begins with sin. The way to obtain peace with ou friends, and success against our enemies, is, to have God, as ou Friend, and to keep in his love. Let us take warning from the fate of Israel, lest we perish after the same example of unbelief. Let us go forth, depending on God's mercy, power, promise, and truth; he will be with us, and bring our souls to everlasting rest __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁכמו 7925 בבקר 1242 ויעלו 5927 אל 413 ראשׁ 7218 ההר 2022 לאמר 559 הננו 2005 ועלינו 5927 אל 413 המקום 4725 אשׁר 834 אמר 559 יהוה 3068 כי 3588 חטאנו׃ 2398
