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Numbers 32:8

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 32:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Numbers 32:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 32

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.
6And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?
7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them?
8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
9For when they went up unto 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 Jehovah had given them.
10And Jehovah`s anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying,
11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Thus did your fathers, etc.] Meaning not particularly and only the fathers of these two tribes he was speaking to, but of them and the other tribes also, who acted much such a part; did not choose to go into the good land to possess it, when they were bid to do it, but were for sending spies first, which brought an ill report of it, and discouraged the people from going into it; the history of which Moses here gives: when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land; called only Kadesh, (<041326>Numbers 13:26) the reason of the name (see Gill on “<043213>Numbers 32:13”).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Your fathers - The generation of the Exodus was now substantially extinct. Compare Numbers 26:64-65. Kadesh-barnea - See Numbers 13:26. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num. 13:2-26, Num 14:2; Deu 1:22, Deu 1:23; Jos 14:6, Jos 14:7 Numbers 32:9”
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