Numbers Chapter 14 verse 12 Holy Bible
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
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I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
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I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
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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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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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I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
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I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. By electing Moses, in the place of Jacob, to be the founder and ancestor of the chosen race, God would still have made good his promises to Abraham, and would only have vindicated for himself the same freedom of choice which he had used in the case of Ishmael and of Esau. We cannot, however, regard this offer as embodying a deliberate intention, for we know that God did not really mean to cast off Israel; nor can we regard it as expressing the anger of the moment, for it is not of God to be hasty. We must understand it distinctly as intended to try the loyalty and charity of Moses, and to give him an opportunity of rising to the loftiest height of magnanimity, unselfishness, and courage. Moses would unquestionably have been less noble than he was if he had listened to the offer; it is therefore certain that the offer was only made in order that it might be refused (cf. Exodus 32:10).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) And will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.--A similar promise had been given to Moses on occasion of the rebellion at Sinai, and Moses on that occasion interceded with God on behalf of His people in like manner as at this time (Exodus 32:10-12).
