Numbers 32:13

And the LORD’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD’s	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
anger	אַ֤ף 'af	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
kindled	וַיִּֽחַר vai.yi.char-	H2734	to glow or grow warm · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל be.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
wander	וַיְנִעֵם֙ vay.ni.'Em	H5128	to waver · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר ba.mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֖ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֑ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
generation	הַדּ֔וֹר ha.Dor	H1755	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
done	הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה ha.'o.Seh	H6213	to do or make · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
evil	הָרַ֖ע ha.Ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינֵ֥י be.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
consumed	תֹּם֙ tom	H8552	to complete · verb, qal infinitive construct

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Numbers 14:33-35 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
Hebrews 3:16-19 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
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…
Psalms 78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

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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 32:13

And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel,.... For murmuring against the report of the spies: and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years; for though it was but about thirty eight years from that time that they were in the wilderness, the round number of forty is given; and besides it includes the time of their first coming into it, which being reckoned, makes the complete number, within a few months: Kadesh, from whence the spies were sent, and whither they returned, and where the people murmured, and had this sentence pronounced on them, that they should not see the land of Canaan, but wander and fall in the wilderness, seems to have had the addition of Barnea made unto it…

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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…

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 32:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6

John Gill on Numbers 32:13

John Calvin on Numbers 32:8-13

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 32:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6

John Gill on Numbers 32:13

John Calvin on Numbers 32:8-13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 32:6-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 32:12

Rashi on Numbers 32:13