Numbers 32:11

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:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Surely	אִם 'im-	H518	used very widely as demonstrative · particle
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
up	הָעֹלִ֣ים ha.'o.Lim	H5927	to ascend · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
Egypt	מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם mi.mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · preposition + proper noun, a place name
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֤ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָה֙ sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	מִבֶּ֨ן mi.Ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
upward	וָמַ֔עְלָה va.Ma'.lah	H4605	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute + directional suffix
see	יִרְא֨וּ yir.'U	H7200	to see · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
land	הָאֲדָמָ֔ה ha.'a.da.Mah	H127	soil (from its general redness) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
sware	נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti	H7650	to seven oneself · verb, niphal perfect, 1st person common singular
Abraham	לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם le.'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
Isaac	לְיִצְחָ֖ק le.yitz.Chak	H3327	Jitschak (or Isaac) · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
Jacob	וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב u.le.ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a man's name
wholly	מִלְא֖וּ mil.'U	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
followed	אַחֲרָֽי 'a.cha.Rai	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Numbers 14:28-30 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went;…
Numbers 26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that…
Deuteronomy 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Joshua 14:8-9 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Numbers 26:64-65 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilde…
Deuteronomy 2:14-15 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the genera…

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6

Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here--Their language was ambiguous; and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme of self-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live in ease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionate remonstrance. Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawal from all share in the war of invasion, or the effect of their leader's expostulation was to drive them from their original purpose, they now, in answer to his impressive appeal, declared it to be their sincere intention to co-operate with their brethren; but, if so, they…

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John Gill on Numbers 32:11

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upwards,.... See Numbers 14:28. shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; the land of Canaan, which at various times he sware to give to them, and to their posterity: because they have not wholly followed me; the laws which he prescribed them, the directions he gave them, and particularly the orders they had to go up and possess the land at once, Deuteronomy 1:21.

John Calvin on Numbers 32:8-13

Thus did your fathers. He amplifies their crime by reference to their continued perverseness: for so far is the imitation of ungodly parents from being an excuse for their children, that it rather doubles their guilt. Thus also does Stephen allege against the Jews of his days, their persevering in the sins of their fathers; as if he had cried out against them, that they were "the bad eggs of bad birds." "Ye stiff-necked (he says) and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." (Acts 7:51.) So also the Prophet, when he is exhorting their posterity to obedience, recalls these same circumstances to their memory: "Harden not your hearts…

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Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Jabesh — Dry. (1.) For Jabesh-Gilead (1 Sam. 11:3, 9, 10). (2.) The father of Shallum (2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14), who usurped the throne of Israel on the death of Zachariah.
Caleb · the land of promise — the land of promise
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Punishment for rebellion — Punishment for rebellion
Disobedience To God · General references — General references
Gad, The Tribe Of · Sought and obtained its inheritance east of Jordan — Sought and obtained its inheritance east of Jordan
Gilead · Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh — Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh
Haste · In — In
Misjudgment · .Of the Reubenites and Gadites — .Of the Reubenites and Gadites
Motive · inheritance east of the Jordan River — inheritance east of the Jordan River
Reuben, The Tribe Of · Obtained inheritance east of Jordan on condition of helping to conquer Canaan — Obtained inheritance east of Jordan on condition of helping to conquer Canaan
Tribes Of Israel, The · Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh: Were required to assist in subduing Canaan — Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh: Were required to assist in subduing Canaan
Uncharitableness

Numbers 32:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6

John Gill on Numbers 32:11

John Calvin on Numbers 32:8-13

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 32:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6

John Gill on Numbers 32:11

John Calvin on Numbers 32:8-13

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 32:6-15

Rashi on Numbers 32:8