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Barnes' Notes on Numbers 14:16

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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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'
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