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Selected Verse: Numbers 14:12 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Nu 14:12	King James	I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the Lord said, . . . I will smite them with the pestilence--not a final decree, but a threatening, suspended, as appeared from the issue, on the intercession of Moses and the repentance of Israel.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

the Lord said, . . . I will smite them with the pestilence--not a final decree, but a threatening, suspended, as appeared from the issue, on the intercession of Moses and the repentance of Israel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And disinherit them - By the proposed extinction of Israel the blessings of the covenant would revert to their original donor.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

And disinherit them - By the proposed extinction of Israel the blessings of the covenant would revert to their original donor.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
I will smite them - This was not an absolute determination, but a commination, like that of Nineveh's destruction, with a condition implied, except there be speedy repentance, or powerful intercession.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

I will smite them - This was not an absolute determination, but a commination, like that of Nineveh's destruction, with a condition implied, except there be speedy repentance, or powerful intercession.

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