14:10-12
The people did not listen, instead they sought to stone Joshua and Caleb. We don’t have physical stoning today in this country, but people react with verbal attacks against people who stand up for God’s word. However, the people who were rebelling had forgotten about the Lord, and the Lord intervenes as His glory appears before them at the tent of meeting. Today’s rebels have forgotten about the Lord, at some point He will act. The Lord speaks to Moses, and threatens to do away with the rebellious people and to make Moses into a great nation.
14:13-19
Moses speaks to God and tells Him not to do away with the people, and he frames his argument in terms of the Lord’s glory. If God did away with the people Egypt and the other nations would hear of it and think that God cannot do what He set out to do. Moses reminds God of His character in being slow to anger and abounding in love. He urges Him to show mercy to the people. God knew that Moses would react like this, and Moses is a type of Christ, a forerunner if you like. We deserve judgement, but Jesus speaks on our behalf. God is determined to save us.
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