Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

With perverse contempt for the promises, Dathan and Abiram designate Egypt by the terms appropriated elsewhere to the land of Canaan.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A land that floweth with milk and honey. — The description of the land of promise is here applied perversely and ironical…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us. It is not enough for these wicked men, when they are invited to discussion, stubbornly to r…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a
land that floweth with milk and honey

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram to bring their complaints; but they would not obey. They bring very false charges against Moses. Those often fall …

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