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After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my alienation.
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The punishment was directly proportional to the transgression. Commentators note that the forty years of wandering corresponded to the forty days the spies spent in the land. This principle of 'a day for a year' serves as a powerful symbol of God's measured and specific justice in response to their disbelief.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My breach of promise - In the original, a word, found elsewhere only in (Job 30:10), and meaning “my withdrawals” or “my turning…
19th Century
Anglican
Even forty days, each day for a year.— The numbering recorded in chapter 26 took place after the death of Aaron, which happened on…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
After the number of days in which you searched the land , [even] forty days For so lo…
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The Lord granted Moses' prayer insofar as He did not immediately destroy the congregation. But disbelief in the promise forbids the benefit. Those …
