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Numbers 32:7

Israel
Courage and strengthDoubt

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which 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)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 13:27–14:4

    And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:28

    Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

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  • Numbers 32:9

    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

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  • Numbers 21:4

    And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

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  • Acts 21:13

    Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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