Numbers 32:9

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“For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.”

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BSBPD

“For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 Jehovah had given them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they go up unto the valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go in unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 32:9 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 13:23When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
  2. Numbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
  3. Deuteronomy 1:24They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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