(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 14:5–10, “Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 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. But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.”
Moses must have felt as though he was banging his head against a brick wall at times. He did everything he could to make sure that Israel prospered while the Lord helped them. Even though he was like them at first and tried to persuade the Lord not to use him to deliver Israel, he soon learned what the Lord could do and gave himself completely to the Lord’s task.In this case, Moses knew what the Lord had done to Egypt and was afraid that the Lord might destroy Israel as well. In order to forestall the Lord’s anger both Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the rebellious congregation and begged them not to fight against the Lord. Joshua and Caleb fought hard to stop this problem as well. The people were angry and threatened to kill their leader by stoning them to death. The Lord appeared in His majesty to stop the people from carrying out their threats to kill their leaders.
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