Text -- Numbers 32:9 (NET)

32:9 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.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 32:9

¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.

² tn The infinitive construct here with lamed (ל) is functioning as a result clause.

³ 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.