Catholic Public Domain Version
"Why do you subvert the minds of the sons of Israel, so that they might not dare to cross into the place which the Lord will give to them? "
— Numbers 32:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?”
“And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them? ”
“Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?”
“Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the LORD has given them?”
“Why do ye overturn the minds of the children of Israel, that they may not dare to pass into the place which the Lord hath given them?”
“Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?”
“And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?”
the land, which the Lord has struck in the sight of the sons of Israel, is a very fertile region for pasturing animals. And we, your servants, have very many cattle.
And so we beseech you, if we have found favor before you, that you give it to us, your subjects, as a possession, and that you not cause us cross the Jordan.”
And Moses answered them: “Should your brothers go to battle, while you sit here?
Why do you subvert the minds of the sons of Israel, so that they might not dare to cross into the place which the Lord will give to them?
Did not your fathers act in the same way, when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to explore the land?
And when they had gone all the way to the Valley of the Cluster of Grapes, having viewed the entire region, they subverted the hearts of the sons of Israel, so that they would not enter into the parts that the Lord gave to them.
And being angry, the Lord swore an oath, saying: