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Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against Yahweh, we will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God commanded us. You girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.
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Presumption vs. Repentance
The Israelites' confession, "We have sinned," was immediately followed by another act of disobedience. Commentators explain this was not true repentance but a swing from cowardice to presumption. They were trying to fix their past failure on their own terms, ignoring God's new directive. True repentance involves humbly submitting to God's current will.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You were ready to go up into the hill - Rather, perhaps, “you made light of going up;” i.e., “you were ready to attempt it as a trifling und…
19th Century
Anglican
We have sinned ... we will go up and fight. —The emphatic we of this verse may be compared with the “we” of Deut…
16th Century
Protestant
Then you answered and said to me. The repentance was too late, which drove the Israelites to their untimely effort of activity. Although, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then you answered, and said to me Not being willing to go into the wilderness again, though they wished they had die…
Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to…
