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Numbers 32:7

Israel
Courage and strengthDoubt

5 “If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

6 But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

9 For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
KJV
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
WEB
Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
ASV
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them?
DARBY
And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them?
BLB
And why do you⁺ discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from going over into the land that YHWH has given them?
ÅB
Hvorfor vil dere vende Israels barns hu bort, så de ikke vil dra over til det land Herren hat gitt dem?
OTB
Hvorfor motløser dere israelittene fra å krysse inn i landet som Herren har gitt dem?
B1930
Hvorfor vil I vende Israels barns hu bort, så de ikke vil dra over til det land Herren hat gitt dem?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 13:27–14:4

    And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

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  • Deuteronomy 1:28

    Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”

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  • Numbers 32:9

    For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

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  • Numbers 21:4

    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

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  • Acts 21:13

    Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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