Numbers 32:7 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Why are you discouraging the hearts of the Israelites from crossing over into the land that the LORD has given them?

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Moses is confronting the tribes of Reuben and Gad for potentially discouraging other Israelites from entering the Promised Land that God had given them.

📚 Historical Context

This rebuke comes after the tribes of Reuben and Gad requested to settle on the east side of the Jordan River rather than cross into the Promised Land with the other tribes. Moses was concerned this would repeat the mistake of the previous generation who refused to enter the land after the negative report of the spies forty years earlier.

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