Numbers 32:9
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 32
“For 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.”Numbers 32:9
What Does Numbers 32:9 Mean?
Numbers 32:9 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 32, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 8 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (8)
These passages are connected to Numbers 32:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 13:31“But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”Numbers 13:23“And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.”Numbers 21:4“And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.”Deuteronomy 20:8“And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.”Numbers 32:7“And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?”Deuteronomy 1:24“And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.”1 Chronicles 21:3“And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?”Nehemiah 4:10“And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.”
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