Numbers 14:2 - Exposition

Murmured against Moses and against Aaron; whom they probably suspected and accused of seeking their own personal ends. Here we may see the true reason why Joshua had not been put forward to advocate an immediate advance. The Septuagint has διεγόγγυζον (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:10 ). Would God we had died. לוּ־מָתְנוּ . Septuagint, ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν . The A.V. is unnecessarily strong.