Tree of Life Version
Numbers 32:8
8Your fathers did this when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
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
6Moses replied to the sons of Gad and Reuben, “Should your countrymen go to war while you dwell here? 7Why do you dishearten Bnei-Yisrael from going across to the land that Adonai has given to them? Your fathers did this when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land. 9They went up to the Valley of Eshcol and viewed the land, but they discouraged the hearts of Bnei-Yisrael not to enter the land which Adonai had given them. 10The anger of Adonai was aroused that day, and He swore an oath saying:
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:8 word by word
כֹּ֥ה עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּשָׁלְחִ֥י אֹתָ֛ם מִקָּדֵ֥שׁ בַּרְנֵ֖עַ לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 32:8
- Numbers 13:2“Send some men on your behalf to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Bnei-Yisrael. Each man you are to send will be a prince of the tribe of his fathers, a man from each tribe.”
- Numbers 14:2All Bnei-Yisrael grumbled against Moses and Aaron and the whole community said, “If only we had died in Egypt! If only we had died in this wilderness!
- Deuteronomy 1:22“Then all of you came near to me and said: ‘Let’s send men ahead of us to explore the land for us and bring us back word about the way we should go up and the cities we will enter.’
- Joshua 14:6Then the children of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: “You know the word that Adonai had spoken to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea concerning me and you.
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
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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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