Numbers 32:11

Translations

Modern

‘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—

Traditional

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

Literal

‘Surely none shall see of the men who came up from Egypt, from a son of twenty years and above, the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—for they have not wholly followed Me—

Latin

Si videbunt homines isti, qui ascenderunt ex Ægypto a viginti annis et supra, terram, quam sub juramento pollicitus sum Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob: et noluerunt sequi me,

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Hebrew

English

‘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—

Notes

Numbers 32:6–15

Moses assumed that Reuben and Gad wanted to stay east of the Jordan River to avoid the dangers that awaited the other tribes in Canaan (compare chapters 13–14).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses

Related verses

Numbers 14:28–30
So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
Numbers 14:24
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
Numbers 26:2
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
Deuteronomy 1:35
“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
Joshua 14:8–9
Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
Deuteronomy 2:14–15
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.
Numbers 26:64–65
Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Parallels

Deuteronomy 3:12–22 Joshua 13:8–14

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Allotment of the Land Ammon, Ammonites Arabah Ataroth Conquest and Allotment of the Land Deuteronomy, Book of Dibon Elealeh Gilead (Place) Jazer Joshua, Book of Manasseh, Tribe of Moab, Moabites Numbers, Book of Reuben (Place) Wrath of God

Topics

Anger: Anger of God Caleb: One of the Two Survivors of the Israelites Permitted to Enter the Land of Promise Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: Punishment for Rebellion Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: Reubenites Obtained the Land Taken from the Amorites Disobedience to God: Denunciations Against Gilead: A Region East of the Jordan River Allotted to the Tribes of Reuben and Gad and the Half Tribe of Manasseh Haste in Judgment, by Moses and the Israelites Misjudgment of the Reubenites and Gadites Motive: Misunderstood: The Tribes of Reuben and Gad, in Asking for Their Inheritance East of the Jordan River the Tribe of Gad: Sought and Obtained Its Inheritance East of Jordan the Tribe of Reuben: Obtained Inheritance East of Jordan on Condition of Helping The Tribes of Israel: Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh were Required to Assist in Subduing Canaan Uncharitableness: The Tribes West of the Jordan River Toward the Two and a Half Tribes

Numbers 32:11

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