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Mocking God's Promise
Commentators unanimously highlight the rebels' perverse use of language. They call Egypt, the land of their slavery, 'a land flowing with milk and honey'—the very description God reserved for the Promised Land. This wasn't just a complaint; it was a deliberate and ironic mockery of God's promises, showing their deep contempt for His plan.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 16:13
18th Century
Theologian
With perverse contempt for the promises, Dathan and Abiram designate Egypt by the terms appropriated elsewhere to the land of Canaan.
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 16:13
19th Century
Bishop
A land that floweth with milk and honey. — The description of the land of promise is here applied perversely and ironical…
John Calvin
On Numbers 16:13
16th Century
Theologian
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us. It is not enough for these wicked men, when they are invited to discussion, stubbornly to r…
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John Gill
On Numbers 16:13
17th Century
Pastor
[Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a
land that floweth with milk and honey
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 16:12–15
17th Century
Minister
Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram to bring their complaints; but they would not obey. They bring very false charges against Moses. Those often fall …