Numbers 14:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Only rebel

Philippians 1:27

Neither

Deuteronomy 7:18

Deuteronomy 20:3

Are bread

Defence

Jeremiah 48:45

Fear them not

Isaiah 41:14

General references

Leviticus 26:8

Numbers 13:30

Bible References

Only rebel

Never forget how you made Jehovah your God angry in the desert. You rebelled against Jehovah from the day you left Egypt until you came here.

Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth! Jehovah (YHWH) has spoken: I raised my children and helped them grow, but they have rebelled against me.

But they rebelled and grieved (offended and hurt) his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy. He fought against them.

We have sinned. We have dealt perversely. We have acted wickedly and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances.

Let your manner of life be worthy of the good news about Christ. Whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your conduct, that you stand fast in one spirit (common purpose) (mental disposition) (vital principle), with one mind striving together for the faith of the good news.

Neither

Do not be afraid of them. Remember what Jehovah your God did to Pharaoh and all of Egypt.

He should say: Listen, Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not lose your courage! Do not be afraid. Do not tremble because of them.

Are bread

God brings him out of Egypt. He is for him like the horns of the wild bull. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries. He will crush their bones in pieces and shatter them with his arrows.

I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the longhaired leaders of the enemy.

Are all the workers of wickedness, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on Jehovah?

You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

Defence

He who lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.

Jehovah is your keeper. Jehovah is your shade on your right hand.

You go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. You want Egypt to protect you. You put your trust in Egypt's military might.

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.

Helpless people have run to find protection in Heshbon, the city that King Sihon once ruled, but it is in flames. It has burned up leaders of Moab and destroyed those proud people.'

Fear them not

Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I will help you. This is the declaration of Jehovah, your Redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel.

General references

Five of you will be able to defeat a hundred, and a hundred will be able to defeat ten thousand.

Caleb told the people to be quiet and listen to Moses. Caleb said: Let us go now and take possession of the land. We should be more than able to conquer it.