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Moses told these words to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
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Sorrow for Punishment, Not Sin
All the commentators agree that the Israelites' mourning was not genuine repentance. They sorrowed over the punishment they were to receive—being barred from the Promised Land—not over the sin of rebellion itself. Scholars like John Gill describe this as a 'worldly sorrow that works death,' not a godly sorrow that leads to life.
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19th Century
Anglican
And the people mourned greatly.— It appears from what follows that the sorrow which the Israelites felt was sorrow for th…
16th Century
Protestant
And Moses told all these sayings. It was, indeed, a just cause for mourning when they heard that God, whose patient endurance they had so …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel , &c.] That all that had murmured, who were of twenty years ol…
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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…
