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32:6 Moses <04872> said <0559> to the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, “Must your brothers <0251> go <0935> to war <04421> while you <0859> remain <03427> here <06311>? 32:7 Why <04100> do you frustrate <05106> the intent <03820> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> to cross over <05674> into <0413> the land <0776> which <0834> the Lord <03068> has given <05414> them? 32:8 Your fathers <01> did <06213> the same thing when I sent <07971> them from Kadesh Barnea <06947> to see <07200> the <0853> land <0776>. 32:9 When they went up <05927> to <05704> the Eshcol <0812> Valley <05158> and saw <07200> the land <0776>, they frustrated <05106> the intent <03820> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> so that they did not <01115> enter <0935> the land <0776> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had given <05414> them. 32:10 So the anger <0639> of the Lord <03068> was kindled <02734> that day <03117>, and he <01931> swore <07650>, 32:11 ‘Because <03588> they have not <03808> followed <0310> me wholeheartedly <04390>, not <0518> one of the men <0376> twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and upward <04605> who came <05927> from Egypt <04714> will see <07200> the land <0127> that <0834> I swore <07650> to give to Abraham <085>, Isaac <03327>, and Jacob <03290>, 32:12 except <01115> Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312> the Kenizzite <07074>, and Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>, for <03588> they followed <0310> the Lord <03068> wholeheartedly <04390>.’ 32:13 So the Lord’s <03068> anger <0639> was kindled <02734> against the Israelites <03478>, and he made them wander <05128> in the wilderness <04057> for forty <0705> years <08141>, until <05704> all <03605> that generation <01755> that had done <06213> wickedly <07451> before <05869> the Lord <03068> was finished <08552>. 32:14 Now look <02009>, you are standing <06965> in your fathers <01>’ place <08478>, a brood <08635> of sinners <02400>, to increase <05595> still further <05750> the fierce <02740> wrath <0639> of the Lord <03069> against <0413> the Israelites <03478>. 32:15 For <03588> if you turn <07725> away from following <0310> him, he will once <03254> again <05750> abandon <03240> them in the wilderness <04057>, and you will be the reason for their destruction <07843>.”

• Num 32:6-15 -- Moses' Response

• Haste

  [nave] HASTE, in judgment, by Moses and the Israelites, Num. 32:1-19; Josh. 22:10-34. See: Rashness.
  

• Gilead

  [nave] GILEAD 1. A region E. of the Jordan allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half tribe of Manasseh, Num. 32:1-30; Deut. 3:13; 34:1; 2 Kin. 10:33. Reubenites expel the Hagarites from, 1 Chr. 5:9, 10, 18-22. Ammonites m...
  

• Misjudgment

  [nave] MISJUDGMENT. Instances of Of the Reubenites and Gadites, Num. 32:1-33; Josh. 22:11-31. Of Haah, 1 Sam. 1:14-17. See: Accusation, False; Uncharitableness.
  

• Motive

  [nave] MOTIVE Ascribed to God, Psa. 106:8; Ezek. 36:21, 22, 32. Right, required, Matt. 6:1-18. Sinful, illustrated by Cain, Gen. 4:7; 1 John 3:12. Misunderstood The tribes of Reuben and Gad, in asking inheritance E. of Jordan, ...
  

• Uncharitableness

  [nave] UNCHARITABLENESS. Isa. 29:20, 21; Matt. 7:1-5 Luke 6:37-42. Luke 12:57; John 7:24; John 8:7; Rom. 2:1; Rom. 14:1-15; 1 Cor. 4:3-5, 7; 1 Cor. 13:1-6; Jas. 4:11, 12 See: Accusation, False; Charitableness; Slander; Speaking, E...
  

• Reubenites

  [nave] REUBENITES, the descendants of Reuben. Military enrollment of, at Sinai, Num. 1:20, 21; in Moab, Num. 26:7. Place of in camp and march, Num. 2:10. Standard of, Num. 10:18. Have their inheritance east of the Jordan, Num. 32...
  

• REUBEN

  [isbe] REUBEN - roo'-ben, ru'-ben (re'ubhen; Rhouben): The eldest son of Jacob, born to him by Leah in Paddan-aram (Gen 29:32). 1. Jacob's Oldest Son: This verse seems to suggest two derivations of the name. As it stands in Massore...
  

• JABESH

  [smith] (dry). Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:10,13,14) Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, (1 Chronicles 27:21) as...
  

• GAD (1)

  [isbe] GAD (1) - (gadh, "fortune"; Gad): 1. The Name: The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Gen 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought to connect the name with that of ...
  

• Disobedience to God

  [nave] DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD. Denunciations Against Num. 14:11, 12, 22-24; Num. 32:8-13; Deut. 18:19; Deut. 28:15-68 Lev. 26:14-46. Punishment of Of the Egyptians by plagues, See: Plagues. See also Sin, Punishment of. Instances...
  

• Caleb

  [ebd] a dog. (1.) One of the three sons of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He is also called Chelubai (1 Chr. 2:9). His descendants are enumerated (18-20, 42-49). (2.) A "son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah" (1 Chr. 2:50). Some wo...
  [isbe] CALEB - ka'-leb (kalebh; in the light of the cognate Syriac and Arabic words, the meaning is not "dog," which is kelebh, in Hebrew, but "raging with canine madness"; Chaleb): As a person, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, occurs ...
  [nave] CALEB One of the two survivors of the Israelites permitted to enter the land of promise, Num. 14:30, 38; 26:63-65; 32:11-13; Deut. 1:34-36; Josh. 14:6-15. Sent to Canaan as a spy, Num. 13:6. Brings favorable report, Num. 1...
  

• Anger

  [nave] ANGER. Gen. 4:6; Gen. 49:7; 2 Chr. 28:9; Job 5:2; Job 19:29; Psa. 37:8; Psa. 55:3; Psa. 76:10; Prov. 6:34; Prov. 12:16; Prov. 14:17, 29; Prov. 15:1, 18; Prov. 16:14, 29, 32; Prov. 17:14; Prov. 19:11, 12, 19; Prov. 21:24; Pr...
  

• KENEZITE

  [isbe] KENEZITE - ke'-nez-it (qenizzi; Kenezaios): the King James Version in Gen 15:19 and the Revised Version (British and American) uniformly, spell "Kenizzite." The Kenezites were the clan whose name-father was KENAZ (which see)...
  [smith] or Ken?izzite (descendant of Kenaz), (Genesis 15:19) an Edomitish tribe. (Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6,14)
  

• FOLLOW

  [isbe] FOLLOW - fol'-o ('achar, radhaph; akoloutheo, dioko) : Frequently the translation of 'achar, "after," e.g. Nu 14:24, "hath followed me fully," literally, "fulfilled after me" (Nu 32:11,12; Dt 1:36; Am 7:15); radhaph is "to p...
  

• Joshua

  [nave] JOSHUA 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promise...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• FOUR

  [isbe] FOUR - for ('arba`; tessares): "Four" (cardinal number) was a sacred and complete number with the Hebrews, as well as with several other peoples. It occurs very frequently in the Old Testament and the New Testament. (1) It i...
  

• NUMBER

  [isbe] NUMBER - num'-ber: I. NUMBER AND ARITHMETIC II. NOTATION OF NUMBERS 1. By Words 2. By Signs 3. By Letters III. NUMBERS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY IV. ROUND NUMBERS V. SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS 1. Seven and Its Multiples (1) Ritual U...
  

• Selfishness

  [nave] SELFISHNESS. Gen. 4:9; Num. 32:6; Psa. 38:11; Prov. 11:26; Prov. 18:17; Prov. 24:11, 12; Prov. 28:27; Ezek. 34:18; Mic. 3:11; Hag. 1:4, 9, 10; Zech. 7:6; Mal. 1:10; Matt. 19:21, 22; Luke 6:32-34; Rom. 14:15; Rom. 15:1-3; 1 ...
  

• ATONEMENT

  [isbe] ATONEMENT - a-ton'-ment: Translates kaphar; chaTa'; ratsah, the last employed only of human relations (1 Sam 29:4); translates the following Greek stems hilas-, simple and compounded with various prepositions; allag- in comp...
  

He Must Punish Sin

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