Christian Standard Bible
Numbers 32:14
14And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your ancestors’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.
Numbers 32:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)“And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And look! You have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel.
Context of Numbers 32:14
12none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they did remain loyal to the Lord.’ 13The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone. And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your ancestors’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel. 15If you turn back from following him, he will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.” 16Then they approached him and said, “We want to build sheep pens here for our livestock and cities for our dependents.
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:14 word by word
וְהִנֵּ֣ה קַמְתֶּ֗ם תַּ֚חַת אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תַּרְבּ֖וּת אֲנָשִׁ֣ים חַטָּאִ֑ים לִסְפּ֣וֹת ע֗וֹד עַ֛ל חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And, behold, ye are risen upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- in your fathers’אָב'âb · fatherH1
- stead, an increaseתַּרְבּוּתtarbûth · increaseH8635
- of sinfulחַטָּאchaţţâ' · sinnerH2400
- menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- to augmentסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595
- yet the fierceחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
- angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- toward Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
Cross-references for Numbers 32:14
- Genesis 5:3Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
- Genesis 8:21When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
- Nehemiah 9:24So their descendants went in and possessed the land: You subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land before them and handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them, to do as they pleased with them.
- Job 14:4Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!
- Psalms 78:57They treacherously turned away like their ancestors; they became warped like a faulty bow.
- Isaiah 1:4Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.
- Isaiah 57:4Who are you mocking? Who are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue at? Isn’t it you, you rebellious children, you offspring of liars,
- Ezekiel 20:21“‘But the children rebelled against me. They did not follow my statutes or carefully keep my ordinances — the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned my Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out my wrath on them and exhausting my anger against them in the wilderness.
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- Luke 11:48Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.
- Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
- Deuteronomy 1:34“When the Lord heard your words, he grew angry and swore an oath:
- Ezra 9:13After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt — though you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have allowed us to survive —
- Ezra 10:10Then the priest Ezra stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt.
- Nehemiah 13:18Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling his anger against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
- Isaiah 65:6Look, it is written in front of me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully
Commentaries on Numbers 32:14
- 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
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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
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