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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud,.... Which was in the form of a pillar, and went before them, and the Lord in it, and directed their way, and protected them from heat; see Exodus 13:21 Ne 9:12 this was typical of Christ, who is a shadow and security from the heat of a fiery law, the flaming sword of justice, the wrath of God, which is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. It seemed as if there was nothing that the Lord would not do for them; all that they needed...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He clave the rocks in the wilderness,.... The one at Rephidim, Exodus 17:1, and the other at Kadesh, Numbers 20:1 both to be seen at this day; [See comments on Exodus 17:1], [See comments on Exodus 17:2], [See comments on Exodus 17:3], [See comments on Exodus 17:4], [See comments on Exodus 17:5], [See comments on Exodus 17:6], [See comments on...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He brought streams also out of the rock,.... Which is expressed in the singular number, as also in Psalms 78:20, because the children of Israel were not come to Kadesh, and the second rock was not smitten when they lusted after flesh, and murmured against God, and tempted him, as is after related: and caused waters to run down like rivers; from...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they sinned yet more against him,.... Or, "and they added yet to sin against him" (c); which was great ingratitude; they had sinned before, and it might have been hoped that the goodness of God to them would have engaged them to have sinned no more, at least at such a rate, and in such a manner, as they had done; but instead of sinning less,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. He had given them food for their necessities, but now they must have meat for their lusts.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. What a fierce fire must sin be that it is even fed by the rivers of God’s goodness, and burns by means of that which ought to have quenched every spark of it. Yet there is such a fire as that raging in our hearts, and even God’s mercies will make us more sinful...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they tempted God in their heart,.... Which is desperately wicked, and from whence all impiety flows; they entertained hard thoughts of God; they inwardly fretted at their present circumstances, and secretly repined and murmured against God, and wished for things they should not; not being contented with what they had, and thankful for them, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. Not for their needs, but “for their lust.” It is a dreadful thing when prayer itself is prostituted, and the mercy-seat becomes a place for the expression of sinful desires which ought never to have been in our hearts. It was so, however, with these children of Israel.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Yea, they spoke against God,.... Not only thought ill of him, and tempted him in their hearts, but they expressed with their mouths what was in their hearts, and spoke against him, his power, and his providence, in plain words, though he had been so good and gracious to them, and had done such wonderful things for them: they said, can God furnish...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? So you see, dear friends, what speaking against God really is; I am afraid that we also have often done that. To question God’s power, is to speak against him. Perhaps you have thought lightly of your unbelieving speeches, but God does not think lightly of them; to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, they spake against God; As you read that “they spake against God,” you naturally suppose that they uttered some blasphemy, or some denial of his Deity. Listen and learn: — Psa_78:19. They said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? That is speaking against him, — to speak unbelievingly, — to speak in a questioning way concerning his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed,.... This they allow was done by him, for these are their words continued; suggesting, that though the waters did gush out upon smiting the rock, yet they might have been in the caverns of it before, and had remained there a long time, and might have come out of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? There ought to have been no question as to the Lord’s power; the God who could fetch water out of a rock could, if he pleased, make loaves of bread out of the sand under their feet, or cause the very stars...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? Can he provide flesh for his people? These things, which they lusted after, they also turned into subjects for unbelief; and they even misused the miracle, which they dared not deny.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore the Lord heard this,.... What they said in their hearts, and what they expressed with their mouths, all their murmurings against him, their distrust of his power and providence, and disbelief of his promises; see Numbers 11:1, and was wroth; exceeding wroth; he was highly displeased; there was an overflow of his indignation, as the word...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: He was really angry with his people because they doubted him. He loved them, and because he loved them, it cut him to the quick that they should have questioned his power to bless them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, Unbelief is very hard to kill. God opens the doors and windows of heaven to feed his people; yet, nevertheless, the next time...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israe;. Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: This was the provoking sin. The Lord would not endure such wanton and wicked unbelief as this. After he had turned the rocks into rivers, could he not turn the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Because they believed not in God,.... That he was able to give them bread, and provide flesh for them, or bring them through the wilderness to Canaan's land, as he had promised. God, and he only, is the object of faith, and he is to be believed in at all times, and for all things temporal and spiritual; and nothing is more displeasing to him than...