Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 32:7 in context
Numbers 32:4–10
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the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
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They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
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Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
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Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
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Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
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For when they went up to 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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The LORD’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying,
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