Numbers 21:4-9 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom… I. THESE WORDS ARE APPLICABLE TO GOD'S PEOPLE NOW. II. THESE WORDS ARE APPLICABLE TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GOD'S PEOPLE. Do not many go back spiritually? Some tire of God's service and abandon it. III. THESE WORDS ARE APPLICABLE TO THOSE WHO NEITHER HAVE BEEN NOR ARE GOD'S PEOPLE. "Not far from the kingdom of God" — yet not happy. (T. R. Stevenson.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. |
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