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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 />This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Your ancestors did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />That’s what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />That&#8217s what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />This is exactly what happened when I sent your ancestors from Kadesh-Barnea to explore the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That's what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to take a look at the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />That is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />That's what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus your fathers did in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thus did your fathers in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />So did your fathers in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent from Cadesbarne to view the land? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Did not your fathers act in the same way, when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to explore the land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />That is just what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to reconnoiter the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Rakim-gia to spy out the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your fathers did so when I sent them from Reqem of Gia to spy out the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/32-8.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=9879" 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">7</span>Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them? <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">did</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: bə·šā·lə·ḥî (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">when I sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6947.htm" title="6947: miq·qā·ḏêš (Prep) -- A place in the desert. ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6947.htm" title="6947: bar·nê·a‘ (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in the desert. ">from Kadesh-barnea</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: lir·’ō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">to inspect</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land.</a> </span><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.…<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/1-26.htm">Deuteronomy 1:26-28</a></span><br />But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. / You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated. / Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”<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/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a></span><br />For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / 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? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24-25</a></span><br />They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Deuteronomy 9:23</a></span><br />And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Exodus 14:11-12</a></span><br />They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? / Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-11</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. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-32.htm">Deuteronomy 1:32-36</a></span><br />But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, / who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel. / When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm">Nehemiah 9:16-17</a></span><br />But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments. / They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39</a></span><br />But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9</a></span><br />Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-8.htm">Psalm 78:8-11</a></span><br />Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God. / The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle. / They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Exodus 16:2-3</a></span><br />And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. / “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2-26</a></b></br> Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-2.htm">Numbers 14:2</a></b></br> And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-22.htm">Deuteronomy 1:22,23</a></b></br> And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/15-3.htm">Barnea</a> <a href="/numbers/27-14.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/joshua/15-3.htm">Kadeshbarnea</a> <a href="/joshua/15-3.htm">Kadesh-Barnea</a> <a href="/joshua/15-3.htm">Ka'desh-Bar'nea</a> <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Sending</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Barnea</a> <a href="/numbers/33-36.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Kadeshbarnea</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Kadesh-Barnea</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Ka'desh-Bar'nea</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Sending</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>This is what your fathers did</b><br>This phrase refers to the actions of the Israelites' ancestors, specifically the generation that left Egypt. It highlights a pattern of behavior that is being repeated by the current generation. The "fathers" here are the spies sent by Moses to explore Canaan, whose report led to the Israelites' rebellion and subsequent 40-year wandering in the desert (Numbers 13-14). This serves as a warning against repeating past mistakes and emphasizes the importance of faith and obedience to God's commands.<p><b>when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea</b><br>Kadesh-barnea is a significant location in the wilderness journey of the Israelites. It served as a major encampment and a launching point for the exploration of the Promised Land. Geographically, it is located in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Historically, it was here that the Israelites faced a critical test of faith. The mention of Kadesh-barnea underscores the gravity of the situation and the direct involvement of God in guiding His people. It also serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience, as the failure at Kadesh-barnea led to a generation being denied entry into the Promised Land.<p><b>to inspect the land.</b><br>The inspection of the land was a mission to assess the Promised Land's resources and inhabitants. This task was meant to prepare the Israelites for the conquest of Canaan. However, the negative report by ten of the twelve spies led to fear and rebellion among the people (<a href="/numbers/13-31.htm">Numbers 13:31-33</a>). This inspection was not merely a reconnaissance mission but a test of faith in God's promise. The failure to trust in God's provision and power resulted in severe consequences. This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment of God's promise through Jesus Christ, who leads believers into the true Promised Land, symbolizing eternal life and rest.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is addressing the tribes of Reuben and Gad in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/reuben_and_gad.htm">Reuben and Gad</a></b><br>Two tribes of Israel requesting to settle on the east side of the Jordan River instead of crossing into the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kadesh-barnea.htm">Kadesh-barnea</a></b><br>A significant location in the wilderness where the Israelites previously camped and from where the spies were sent to explore Canaan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_spies.htm">The Spies</a></b><br>Representatives from each tribe sent to scout the Promised Land, whose report influenced the Israelites' faith and actions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unbelief.htm">The Consequences of Unbelief</a></b><br>The Israelites' failure to trust God at Kadesh-barnea led to a generation missing out on the Promised Land. Unbelief can have long-lasting consequences in our spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithful_leadership.htm">The Importance of Faithful Leadership</a></b><br>Moses' reminder to the tribes of Reuben and Gad highlights the need for leaders to encourage faith and obedience among God's people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>Reflecting on past failures, like those at Kadesh-barnea, can help us avoid repeating them. We should learn from history to strengthen our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_promises.htm">Trusting in God's Promises</a></b><br>The Promised Land was assured by God, yet the Israelites' fear overshadowed their trust. We must hold fast to God's promises, even when circumstances seem daunting.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_the_community_of_believers.htm">Unity in the Community of Believers</a></b><br>The request of Reuben and Gad threatened the unity of Israel. As believers, we should strive for unity and support one another in fulfilling God's mission.<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/how_did_joshua_lead_the_israelites.htm">How did Joshua lead the Israelites into the Promised Land?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_a_38_vs._40-year_timeline_issue.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14 notes a 38-year delay, yet the Bible elsewhere often references 40 years; is there a timeline inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_moses'_war_orders_today.htm">Numbers 32:20-22: How do we reconcile Moses' instructions to engage in warfare and seize land with concepts of justice and morality today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_numbers_13_conflict_with_others.htm">Why do the accounts in Numbers 13 seem to conflict with other passages about the Promised Land's inhabitants and geography?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thus did your fathers.</span> It is impossible not to see that this mode of address is in striking contrast to that used in the Book cf. Deuteronomy (<span class="accented">e.g.</span>, in <a href="/numbers/1-22.htm">Numbers 1:22, 27</a>; <a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Numbers 5:3, 23</a>). At the same time it is obviously the more natural, and the more in accordance with facts, because there was not a man left of all those who had rebelled at Kadesh. At Kadesh-Barnea. This mode of writing the name forms a link between the closing chapters of Numbers (here and in <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Numbers 34:4</a>) and the two following books. In Deuteronomy it occurs four times, and "Kadesh" twice. In Joshua "Kadesh-Barnea" occurs exclusively. In the later books "Kadesh" only is used, as in Genesis and in the previous chapters of Numbers. The meaning of the combination is uncertain, and the etymology of "Barnea" altogether obscure. It may be an old name attaching to the place before it became known as a sanctuary. The Septuagint has <span class="greek">Κάδης τοῦ</span> <span class="greek">Βαρνή</span> in one place, as though it were the name of a man. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/32-8.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">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when I sent</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשָׁלְחִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·šā·lə·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקָּדֵ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qā·ḏêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Kadesh-barnea</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּרְנֵ֖עַ</span> <span class="translit">(bar·nê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6947.htm">Strong's 6947: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kadesh-barnea -- a place in the desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to look over</span><br /><span class="heb">לִרְא֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lir·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/32-8.htm">OT Law: Numbers 32:8 Your fathers did so when I sent (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/32-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 32:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/32-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 32:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:9" /></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>