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even those men who did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.
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A Direct Stroke from God
Commentators explain that the Hebrew word for "plague" in this verse denotes a "stroke," indicating a sudden death inflicted directly by God. This was not a random illness but a specific, immediate, and supernatural judgment for the spies' sin, occurring "before the Lord."
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19th Century
Anglican
By the plague— The word maggephah, which is here rendered plague, denotes a stroke. In Exodus 9:14 it i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Even those men that brought up the evil report upon the land They, and they only at t…
Presbyterian
Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke God who misrepres…
