Numbers 14:9 (KJV)

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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

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Only rebel. De 9:7 De 9:23 De 9:24 Isa 1:2 Isa 63:10 Da 9:5 Da 9:9 Php 1:27

neither. De 7:18 De 20:3

are bread. Nu 24:8 De 32:42 Ps 14:4 Ps 74:14

defence. Heb. shadow.{Tzillam,} a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. (See the Parallel Passages.) The Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing; using the expressions, "May the shadow {zulli} of thy prosperity be extended." "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers." And in an elegant distich, "May your protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your shadow {zullikem} eternally." The loftiest and most esteemed title of the sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia, is {zil ullah,} shadow of God. Ps 91:1 Ps 121:5 Isa 30:2 Isa 30:3 Isa 32:2 Jer 48:45

the Lord. Ge 48:21 Ex 33:16 De 7:21 De 20:1-4 De 31:6 De 31:8 Jos 1:5 Jude 1:22 2Ch 13:12 2Ch 15:2 2Ch 20:17 2Ch 32:8 Ps 46:1 Ps 46:2 Ps 46:7 Ps 46:11 Isa 8:9 Isa 8:10 Isa 41:10 Mt 1:23 Ro 8:31

fear them not. Isa 41:14

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