Mínshùjì 14:1

1 Dāngxià , quánhuì zhòng dàshēng xuān nāng . nà yè bǎixìng dōu kū haó .

Mínshùjì 14:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:1

And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried
This is not to be understood of every individual in the congregation of Israel, but of the princes, heads, and elders of the people that were with Moses and Aaron when the report of the spies was made; though indeed the report might quickly spread throughout the body of the people, and occasion a general outcry, which was very loud and clamorous, and attended with all the signs of distress imaginable, in shrieks and tears and lamentations:

and the people wept that night:
perhaps throughout the night; could get no sleep nor rest all the night, but spent it in weeping and crying, at the thought of their condition and circumstances, and the disappointments they had met with, as they conceived, of entering into and possessing the land.

Mínshùjì 14:1 In-Context

1 Dāngxià , quánhuì zhòng dàshēng xuān nāng . nà yè bǎixìng dōu kū haó .

2 Yǐsèliè zhòngrén xiàng Móxī , Yàlún fā yuànyán . quánhuì zhòng duì tāmen shuō , bābùdé wǒmen zǎo sǐ zaì Āijí dì , huò shì sǐ zaì zhè kuàngyĕ .

3 Yēhéhuá wèishénme bǎ wǒmen lǐng dào nà dì , shǐ wǒmen dǎo zaì dāo xià ne , wǒmen de qīzi hé háizi bì beìlǔ lue . wǒmen huí Āijí qù qǐbù hǎo ma ,

4 Zhòngrén bǐcǐ shuō , wǒmen bú rú lì yī gè shǒulǐng huí Āijí qù ba .

5 Móxī , Yàlún jiù fǔfú zaì Yǐsèliè quánhuì zhòng miànqián .