Numbers 14:13

“And Moses said unto the Lord, etc.] In an abrupt manner, as the following words show, his mind being greatly disturbed and distressed by the above threatening, then the Egyptians shall hear [it]; that the Lord had smitten the Israelites with the pestilence; the Targum of Jonathan interprets it of the children of the Egyptians who were suffocated in the sea: for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them; they were once sojourners among them, and slaves unto them, and they were delivered from them by the mighty hand of the Lord upon the Egyptians, destroying their firstborn; and therefore when they shall hear that the Israelites were all destroyed at once by a pestilence in…”

“The syntax of these verses is singularly broken. As did Paul when deeply moved, so Moses presses his arguments one on the other without pausing to ascertain the grammatical finish of his expressions. He speaks here as if in momentary apprehension of an outbreak of God’s wrath, unless he could perhaps arrest it by crowding in every topic of deprecation and intercession that he could mention on the instant. return to 'Top of Page'”

“14:13-25 Moses interceded on behalf of his people, reminding God that his reputation was bound up with that of Israel and appealing to his faithfulness.”

“And Moses said unto the Lord: From this verse to Num 14:19, inclusive, we have the words of the earnest intercession of Moses. they need no explanation; they are full of simplicity and energy. Then the: Exo 32:12; Deu 9:26-28, Deu 32:27; Jos 7:8, Jos 7:9; Psa 106:23; Eze 20:9, Eze 20:14 Numbers 14:14”