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Numbers 32:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? "
Numbers 32:6
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4 the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
5 They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
6 Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
7 Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
8 Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
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Numbers 32:1
"Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock."
Numbers 32:2
"Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,"
Numbers 32:3
"“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,"
Numbers 32:4
"the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”"
Numbers 32:5
"They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”"
Numbers 32:7
"Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?"
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