Numbers 32:7

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Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the LORD has given them?

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  • Num 13:27-14:4 : 27 They told Moses,“We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.” 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying,“Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said,“We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!” 32 Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investigated, saying,“The land that we passed through to investigate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature. 33 We even saw the Nephilim there(the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed like grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them.” 1 The Israelites Respond in Unbelief Then all the community raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. 2 And all the Israelites murmured 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 perished in this wilderness! 3 Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4 So they said to one another,“Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
  • Num 21:4 : 4 Fiery Serpents Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way.
  • Num 32:9 : 9 When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the LORD had given them.
  • Deut 1:28 : 28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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  • Num 32:8-11
    4 verses
    86%

    8Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

    9When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the LORD had given them.

    10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,

    11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

  • Num 32:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    5So they said,“If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.”

    6Moses’ Response Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites,“Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

  • Deut 1:26-29
    4 verses
    76%

    26Disobedience at Kadesh Barnea You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the LORD your God.

    27You complained among yourselves privately and said,“Because the LORD hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!

    28What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”

    29So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!

  • Deut 31:7
    76%

    7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.

  • Num 32:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29Moses said to them:“If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the LORD’s presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

    30But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”

  • Josh 18:3
    75%

    3So Joshua said to the Israelites:“How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the LORD God of your ancestors has given you?

  • Deut 1:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

    22So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”

  • Deut 1:37-39
    3 verses
    75%

    37As for me, the LORD was also angry with me on your account. He said,“You also will not be able to go there.

    38However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

    39Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it.

  • Josh 22:25
    75%

    25The LORD made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the LORD.’ In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying the LORD.

  • Num 14:3
    74%

    3Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

  • Josh 1:6
    74%

    6Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.

  • Num 32:32
    74%

    32We will cross armed in the LORD’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”

  • Deut 9:23
    74%

    23And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you,“Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the LORD your God and would neither believe nor obey him.

  • Deut 3:28
    73%

    28Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”

  • Num 14:31
    73%

    31But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.

  • Num 14:41
    73%

    41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!

  • Deut 32:52
    73%

    52You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.”

  • Deut 32:47
    72%

    47For this is no idle word for you– it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

  • Judg 18:9
    72%

    9They said,“Come on, let’s attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don’t hesitate to invade and conquer the land.

  • Josh 22:15
    72%

    15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

  • Deut 1:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Head out and resume your journey. Enter the Amorite hill country, and into all its neighboring areas, including the rift valley, the hill country, the foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain– all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.

    8Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”

  • Num 32:20
    72%

    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

  • Num 14:7
    72%

    7They said to the whole community of the Israelites,“The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.

  • Deut 32:49
    72%

    49“Go up to this Abarim hill country, to Mount Nebo(which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.

  • Josh 22:9
    72%

    9So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, which they acquired by the LORD’s command through Moses.

  • Deut 7:17
    72%

    17If you think,“These nations are more numerous than I– how can I dispossess them?”

  • Num 27:12
    72%

    12Leadership Change Then the LORD said to Moses,“Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites.

  • Deut 31:23
    72%

    23and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”

  • Exod 14:15
    72%

    15The LORD said to Moses,“Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.

  • Deut 4:21
    72%

    21But the LORD became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.

  • Deut 1:42
    71%

    42But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

  • Josh 13:8
    71%

    8Tribal Lands East of the Jordan The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands on east side of the Jordan, just as Moses, the LORD’s servant, had assigned them.

  • Num 34:16
    71%

    16Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,

    2the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,

  • Josh 5:6
    71%

    6Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

  • Num 21:4
    71%

    4Fiery Serpents Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way.

  • Josh 7:7
    71%

    7Joshua prayed,“O, Sovereign LORD! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan!