Numbers 32:9

32:9 When ¹  they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter ²  the land that the Lord had given ³  them.

Deuteronomy 1:28

1:28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage ⁴  by describing people who are more numerous ⁵  and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven ⁶  itself! Moreover, they said they saw ⁷  Anakites ⁸  there.”

Joshua 14:8

14:8 My countrymen ⁹  who accompanied ¹⁰  me frightened the people, ¹¹  but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. ¹² 

Hebrews 3:19

3:19 So ¹³  we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

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.

⁴ tn Heb “have caused our hearts to melt.”

⁵ tn Heb “greater.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “stronger,” NAB, NIV, NRSV; “bigger,” NASB).

⁶ tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁷ tn Heb “we have seen.”

⁸ tn Heb “the sons of the Anakim.”

⁹ tn Heb “brothers.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “went up with.”

¹¹ tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”

¹² tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate a summary or conclusion to the argument of the preceding paragraph.