Números 14:39

39 Então Moisés falou estas palavras a todos os filhos de Israel, pelo que o povo se entristeceu muito.

Números 14:39 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:39

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel,
&c.] That all that had murmured, who were of twenty years old and upwards, should die in the wilderness, and never see nor enter into the land of Canaan, on the borders of which they now were: and the people mourned greatly;
because of their unhappy case, that they should be cut off by death in the wilderness, and be deprived of the enjoyment of the good land; their sorrow seems to have been not a godly sorrow, or true repentance for sin committed, but a worldly sorrow that works death; it was not on account of the evil of sin, the pardon of which they did not seem to seek after, but on account of the evil that was likely to come to them by it.

Números 14:39 In-Context

37 aqueles mesmos homens que infamaram a terra morreram de praga perante o Senhor.

38 Mas Josué, filho de Num, e Calebe, filho de Jefoné, que eram dos homens que foram espiar a terra, ficaram com vida.

39 Então Moisés falou estas palavras a todos os filhos de Israel, pelo que o povo se entristeceu muito.

40 Eles, pois, levantando-se de manhã cedo, subiram ao cume do monte, e disseram: Eis-nos aqui; subiremos ao lugar que o Senhor tem dito; porquanto havemos pecado.

41 Respondeu Moisés: Ora, por que transgredis o mandado do Senhor, visto que isso não prosperará?