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The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 2: Numbers–Ruth (Revised Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Scholarly and accessible, this volume covers five biblical books and is a comprehensive and succinct commentary that guides users to the text’s core meaning. With enhanced ease-of-use features, specialized discussion of key words and concepts, and each commentator’s point-of-view on the text’s implications for life, it is a vital resource for every preacher, teacher, and student of the Bible.

rather because of the wickedness of the Canaanites and because of the oath Yahweh made with their ancestors. Moses makes the point clear to God’s chosen nation: All that they are and everything they are able to accomplish is due to the mercy and grace of Yahweh. None of these things is based on their merit or worth. In light of the decision to extend Moses’ quotation of the Israelite sentiment to the end of 9:4 (in contrast to the NIV; see Note below), it appears that God’s people thought: our victory
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