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Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.
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God's Reputation at Stake
Moses is not actually questioning God's power. Commentators explain he is arguing from the perspective of how God's enemies would interpret His actions. John Gill notes that Moses is pleading for God's glory, suggesting the nations would conclude that God was unable to fulfill His promise and therefore destroyed the people in the wilderness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The syntax of these verses is exceptionally broken. Just as Paul did when deeply moved, Moses also presses his arguments one upon another without p…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore unto them<…
Moses made humble intercession for Israel. In this, he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those who spitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's…
