Numbers 14:22

“Because all those men which have seen my glory, etc.] His glorious Majesty, or the emblem of it in the cloud, on the tabernacle, which had often appeared to them, and the glorious things done by him; the glory of his power, wisdom, goodness, faithfulness, and truth, displayed in bringing them out of Egypt, through the Red sea, and thus far in the wilderness, even to the borders of the land of Canaan; it should be rendered, not “because”, but “that”, for this is the thing sworn to, or the matter of the oath: and my miracles which I did in Egypt; by the hand of Moses, both before them, when he was sent to them, as a proof of his divine mission, and before Pharaoh and all his court,…”

“ten times--very frequently.”

“Render: But as truly as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord; Numbers 14:22 all those men, etc.; Numbers 14:23 shall not see, etc. Numbers 14:22 These ten times - Ten is the number which imports completeness. Compare Genesis 31:7. The sense is that the measure of their provocation was now full: the day of grace was at last over. However, some enumerate 10 different occasions on which the people had tempted God since the exodus. Psalms 90:0, which is entitled “a Prayer of Moses,” has been most appropriately regarded as a kind of dirge upon those sentenced thus awfully by God to waste away in the wilderness. return to 'Top of Page'”

“My glory - That is, my glorious appearances in the cloud, and in the tabernacle. Ten times - That is, many times. A certain number for an uncertain. Numbers 14:24”

“14:22 The people’s lack of obedience and faith was a refusal to listen to God’s voice, since they were eyewitnesses of the Lord’s glorious presence (see study note on 14:10) and miraculous signs (Exod 4:29-31; 7:1–11:10; 14:15-31; 16:1–17:13).”

“which have: Num 14:11; Deu 1:31-35; Psa 95:9-11, Psa 106:26; Heb 3:17, Heb 3:18 tempted: Exo 17:2; Psa 95:9, Psa 106:14; Mal 3:15; Mat 4:7; Co1 10:9; Heb 3:9 ten times: Gen 31:7, Gen 31:41; Job 19:3 Numbers 14:23”