John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 14:31

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, etc.] To the Canaanites, (<041403>Numbers 14:3); them will I bring in; into the land of Canaan, and so fulfil the promise made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for the unbelief of this congregation did not make the faith, or faithfulness of God, of none effect: and they shall know the land which ye have despised; shall know what a good land it is by experience, and shall possess and enjoy it with approbation, delight, and pleasure, which they, believing the spies, rejected with, loathing and disdain.

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