What does Numbers 32:8 mean?

Numbers 32:8 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

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Numbers 32:8 Meaning

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

Context Explained

6And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

10And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

Key Themes

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Source: Numbers 32:8