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Num 14:9 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Only rebel		Deu 9:7,23,24; Isa 1:2; Isa 63:10; Dan 9:5,9; Phl 1:27
neither		Deu 7:18; Deu 20:3
are bread		Num 24:8; Deu 32:42; Psa 14:4; Psa 74:14
defence		"Heb. shadow. Tzillam, a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. (See the Parallel Passages.) The Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing; using the expressions, ""May the shadow zulli of thy prosperity be extended."" ""May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers."" And in an elegant distich, ""May your protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your shadow zullikem eternally."" The loftiest and most esteemed title of the sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia, is zil ullah, shadow of God. Psa 91:1; Psa 121:5; Isa 30:2,3; Isa 32:2; Jer 48:45"
the LORD		Gen 48:21; Exd 33:16; Deu 7:21; Deu 20:1-4; Deu 31:6,8; Jos 1:5; Jdg 1:22; 2Ch 13:12; 2Ch 15:2; 2Ch 20:17; 2Ch 32:8; Psa 46:1,2,7,11; Isa 8:9,10; Isa 41:10; Mat 1:23; Rom 8:31
fear them not		Isa 41:14

Correlating Passages

Only rebel

	Deu 9:7	Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
	Deu 9:23	Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
	Deu 9:24	Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
	Isa 1:2	Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
	Isa 63:10	But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
	Dan 9:5	We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
	Dan 9:9	To the Lord our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
	Phl 1:27	Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

neither

	Deu 7:18	Thou shalt not be afraid of them: [but] shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
	Deu 20:3	And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

are bread

	Num 24:8	God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce [them] through with his arrows.
	Deu 32:42	I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
	Psa 14:4	Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
	Psa 74:14	Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

defence

	Psa 91:1	He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
	Psa 121:5	The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.
	Isa 30:2	That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
	Isa 30:3	Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.
	Isa 32:2	And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
	Jer 48:45	They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

the LORD

	Gen 48:21	And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
	Exd 33:16	For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth.
	Deu 7:21	Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible.
	Deu 20:1	When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
	Deu 20:2	And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
	Deu 20:3	And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
	Deu 20:4	For the LORD your God [is] he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
	Deu 31:6	Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
	Deu 31:8	And the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
	Jos 1:5	There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
	Jdg 1:22	And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them.
	2Ch 13:12	And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
	2Ch 15:2	And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [is] with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
	2Ch 20:17	Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.
	2Ch 32:8	With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
	Psa 46:1	[[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.]] God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
	Psa 46:2	Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
	Psa 46:7	The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
	Psa 46:11	The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
	Isa 8:9	Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
	Isa 8:10	Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.
	Isa 41:10	Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
	Mat 1:23	Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
	Rom 8:31	What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?

fear them not

Isa 41:14

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 14:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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