Scripture Post #2,143: *ISRAELITES ALMOST EXPUNGED*

 

Numbers 14:12:

“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.”

Numbers 14:12 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV):

“I will kill them all with a terrible sickness. I will destroy them, and I will use you to make another nation. Your nation will be greater and stronger than these people.”

GOD told Moses that He’d kill off the Israelites and start again with him. This came about because of the Israelites’ constant doubt and rebellion towards GOD. Moses asked GOD not to go through with this, in the following verses. If Moses was full of pride, he could’ve told GOD to go through with this. But Moses was very meek. “(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)” ~Numbers 12:3. GOD posed Moses’s elevation to him to see what He already knew he’d do: turn it down. GOD chose the meekest man to lead His nation: Moses.

Originally Published: Thu. 7 • 26 • 18