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Números 14:20

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Números 14:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:20

And the Lord said, I have pardoned, according to thy word.
] So as not to kill them utterly as one man: which is an instance of his being plenteous in mercy, and ready to forgive; and of the virtue and efficacy of the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man, and of the great regard the Lord has to the prayers of a good man for others. The Jerusalem Targum is,

``and the Word of the Lord said, lo, I have remitted and forgiven according to thy word;''

which must be understood of Christ, the essential Word, and shows, according to the sense of the Targumist, that he has a power to forgive sin, and must be a divine Person, for none can forgive sin but God; see ( Mark 2:7 Mark 2:10 ) .
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Números 14:20 In-Context

18 ‘O SENHOR é muito paciente e grande em fidelidade e perdoa a iniquidade e a rebelião, se bem que não deixa o pecado sem punição e castiga os filhos pela iniquidade dos pais até a terceira e quarta gerações’.
19 Segundo a tua grande fidelidade, perdoa a iniquidade deste povo, como a este povo tens perdoado desde que saíram do Egito até agora”.
20 O SENHOR respondeu: “Eu o perdoei, conforme você pediu.
21 No entanto, juro pela glória do SENHOR, que enche toda a terra,
22 que nenhum dos que viram a minha glória e os sinais milagrosos que realizei no Egito e no deserto e me puseram à prova e me desobedeceram dez vezes—
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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