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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/32.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD&#8217s anger was aroused that day and he swore this oath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD was very angry with them, and he vowed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD’s anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the LORD’s anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD’S anger burned on that day, and He swore, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So the LORD&#8217S anger burned in that day, and He swore, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“So the LORD’S anger burned in that day, and He swore, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and He swore <i>an oath</i>, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD’S anger was kindled on that day and He swore an oath, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD’s anger burned that day, and he swore an oath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD&#8217s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD became very angry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That day the LORD became angry and swore this oath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD became angry that day and made a promise: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />That's why the LORD's anger flared up that day and he promised by an oath that <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the anger of YHWH burns in that day, and He swears, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the anger of Jehovah burneth in that day, and He sweareth, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah's anger will kindle in that day, and he will swear, saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he swore in his anger, saying:. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And being angry, the Lord swore an oath, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At that time the anger of the LORD flared up, and he swore:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD’s anger was kindled on that day and he swore, saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD'S anger was kindled against them on that day, and he swore, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the wrath of LORD JEHOVAH was provoked against them in that day and he swore and said:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/32-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=9894" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm">The Tribes East of the Jordan</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄ (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">So the anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2734.htm" title="2734: way·yi·ḥar- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To burn or be kindled with anger. A primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.">was kindled</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">and He swore an oath,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-36</a></span><br />When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, / except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10-11</a></span><br />For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” / So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a></span><br />And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7-8</a></span><br />Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD. / At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3</a></span><br />Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-51.htm">Deuteronomy 32:51-52</a></span><br />For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence. / Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14-15</a></span><br />The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. / Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hebrews 3:10-11</a></span><br />Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’ / So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-6.htm">Deuteronomy 11:6</a></span><br />and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15-16</a></span><br />Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— / because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39-42</a></span><br />But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ / At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-32.htm">Psalm 78:32-33</a></span><br />In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe. / So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11,21,23,29</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-40</a></b></br> And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11</a></b></br> Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/numbers/11-1.htm">Aroused</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/numbers/31-41.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/numbers/31-41.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/numbers/30-13.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/numbers/30-2.htm">Sweareth</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/numbers/30-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Aroused</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-27.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/numbers/32-11.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Sweareth</a> <a href="/numbers/32-11.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/numbers/33-39.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/32-14.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-1.htm">The Reubenites and Gadites ask for inheritance on the east side of Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-6.htm">Moses reproves them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-16.htm">They offer him conditions with which he is content</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-33.htm">Moses assigns them the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-39.htm">They conquer it.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day,</b><br>This phrase indicates a divine response to disobedience and lack of faith. The context is the Israelites' refusal to enter the Promised Land due to fear, as recounted in <a href="/numbers/13.htm">Numbers 13-14</a>. God's anger is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often resulting from Israel's rebellion or idolatry. This anger is not capricious but a righteous response to sin. The phrase "kindled" suggests a fire, symbolizing the intensity of God's displeasure. This reflects God's holiness and justice, as seen in other instances like the golden calf incident (Exodus 32).<p><b>and He swore an oath, saying,</b><br>God's oath underscores the seriousness of the situation. In biblical times, an oath was a solemn promise, often invoking divine witness. God's oaths are irrevocable, highlighting His unchanging nature and the certainty of His words. This particular oath relates to the consequences for the Israelites' lack of faith, as God decrees that the current generation would not enter the Promised Land (<a href="/numbers/14-28.htm">Numbers 14:28-30</a>). This connects to the broader biblical theme of faith and obedience, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-19</a>, which warns believers against hardening their hearts as the Israelites did.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, whose anger is kindled due to the disobedience and lack of faith of the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are on the brink of entering the Promised Land but have shown reluctance and disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land (Canaan)</a></b><br>The land promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which the Israelites are preparing to enter.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who communicates God's commands and judgments to the people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_transjordan_tribes.htm">The Transjordan Tribes (Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh)</a></b><br>These tribes requested to settle on the east side of the Jordan River, which led to the events surrounding God's anger.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br>God's anger is a response to the Israelites' disobedience, reminding us that our actions have consequences and that God takes sin seriously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith.htm">The Importance of Faith</a></b><br>The Israelites' lack of faith in God's promises led to His anger. We are called to trust in God's promises and His faithfulness, even when circumstances seem challenging.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's oath and judgment are just and righteous. We must understand that God's judgments are based on His holiness and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Moses' role in communicating God's commands highlights the importance of godly leadership in guiding people according to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_the_past.htm">Learning from the Past</a></b><br>The events in <a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm">Numbers 32</a> serve as a historical lesson for us to learn from the mistakes of the past and to strive for obedience and faithfulness in our walk with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/names_and_meanings_of_israel's_tribes.htm">What are the names and meanings of Israel's twelve tribes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_40-year_wandering.htm">Numbers 32:13: If the Israelites truly wandered for forty years, why is there little to no archaeological evidence to confirm their extended presence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_genesis_49_5-7_vs._levites'_role_contradictory.htm">Why does Genesis 49:5-7 curse Simeon and Levi, yet the Levites later assume priestly duties--does this indicate an internal contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_punish_ark_transport_errors.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:13, David suggests God's anger struck them down for improper Ark transport--why would a just God enact such severe punishment over ritual details?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/32-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the LORD’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was kindled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽחַר־</span> <span class="translit">(way·yi·ḥar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2734.htm">Strong's 2734: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֑וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He swore an oath,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seven oneself, swear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saying,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/32-10.htm">OT Law: Numbers 32:10 Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/32-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 32:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/32-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 32:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>