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Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. When[a] they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter[b] the land that the Lord had given[c] them. 10 So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 32:9 tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.
  2. Numbers 32:9 tn The infinitive construct here with ל (lamed) is functioning as a result clause.
  3. Numbers 32:9 tn The Lord had not given it yet, but was going to give it. Hence, the perfect should be classified as a perfect of resolve.

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.(A) After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol(B) and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them. 10 The Lord’s anger was aroused(C) that day and he swore this oath:(D)

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