Numbers 32:8

Numbers 32:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

Context of Numbers 32:8

6But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? 7Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them? This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land. 9For 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. 10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

Numbers 32:8 word by word

כֹּ֥ה עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּשָׁלְחִ֥י אֹתָ֛ם מִקָּדֵ֥שׁ בַּרְנֵ֖עַ לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• This is whatכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• when I sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• themקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַqâdêsh barnêa‛ · Kadesh-barneaH6947
• to inspectרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Numbers 32:8

• Numbers 13:2“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
• Numbers 14:2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
• Deuteronomy 1:22Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
• Joshua 14:6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

Commentaries on Numbers 32:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Your fathers - The generation of the Exodus was now substantially extinct. Compare Numbers 26:64-65. Kadesh-barnea - See Numbers 13:26.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 The proposal showed disregard to the land of Canaan, distrust of the Lord's promise, and unwillingness to encounter the difficulties and dangers of conquering and driving out the inhabitants of that land. Moses is wroth with them. It will becomes any of God's Israel to sit down unconcerned about the difficult and perilous concerns of their brethren, whether public or personal. He reminds them of the fatal consequences of the unbelief and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-15Moses assumed that Reuben and Gad wanted to stay east of the Jordan River to avoid the dangers that awaited the other tribes in Canaan (compare chapters 13–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-196-19. Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here--Their language was ambiguous; and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme of self-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live in ease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionate remonstrance. Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawal from all share in the war…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 32:8

• Disobedience to God
• Gilead
• Haste
• Israel
• Misjudgment
• Motive
• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

• Kadesh
• Kadesh-Barnea
• Kadesh, Kadesh Barnea, Meribah Kadesh
• Destroy
• Discourage
• Ready
• Sit
• Gad (1)
• Moses
• Numbers, Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings