| Numbers 14:13
| And Moses said to the Lord: That the Egyptians, from the midst of whom thou hast brought forth this people,
| That the. The sentence is left imperfect, to signify the agitation and distress with which Moses was oppressed, as if he had said, Thou wilt thus afford a pretext, that the Egyptians and Chanaanites may say to one another, that thou couldst not perform what thou hadst promised; and therefore, that in vexation thou hadst destroyed thy people. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "Then the Egyptians shall hear it....and will tell it to the inhabitants of this land....because the Lord could not," etc., ver. 16. (Calmet) --- Thus they will blaspheme thy holy name. (Menochius)
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