Numbers 14:13

Verse 13. 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. Bible.—Hebrew “Then the Egyptians shall hear it … and will tell it to the inhabitants of this land … because the Lord could not,” and so forth verse 16. Calmet.—Thus they will blaspheme thy holy name. Menochius.