Verse 33
33. They provoked his spirit That is, they provoked Moses’s spirit, to whom the suffix pronoun must be understood to refer. Here was the first step in Moses’s sin. His meekness gave way to anger.
Spake unadvisedly The word rendered “spake,” means thoughtless, hasty, rash speaking, as in rashly or inconsiderately pronouncing an oath, (Leviticus 5:4,) and stands opposed to “the tongue of the wise,” Proverbs 12:18. For Moses’s speech, see Numbers 20:10. It was against the spirit and dignity of his office, and hence an unworthy representation of the mind and character of God. In the loss of his calm trust in God, (Numbers 20:12,) he lost, for the moment, his self-control, and failed both of reverent speech and accurate obedience, and the name of God was not sanctified before the people. Numbers 27:14; Deuteronomy 32:51. For this fault Moses was prohibited entering Canaan. Deuteronomy 3:24-26
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