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Numbers 32:13

in Numbers 32

The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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This verse in Numbers 32

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 ought to have been more explicit at first.

This site's exposition

made them wander in the wilderness

on Numbers 32:13-15

Verse 13 sums the sentence of chapter 14, forty years "until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone". Moses then turns it on the men before him, "a brood of sinners" risen "in place of your fathers".

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel,....

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּֽחַר־and it burned

    vaiyichar-H2734 →91 times

  • אַ֤ף[the] anger of

    ʾafH639 →276 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לon Israel

    beyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיְנִעֵם֙and he made wander them

    vayniemH5128 →

  • בַּמִּדְבָּ֔רin the wilderness

    bamidbarH4057 →270 times

  • אַרְבָּעִ֖יםforty

    ʾarbaimH705 →136 times

  • שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • תֹּם֙was finished

    tomH8552 →63 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַדּ֔וֹרthe generation

    hadorH1755 →167 times

  • הָעֹשֶׂ֥הwhich had done

    haosehH6213 →2628 times

  • הָרַ֖עthe evil

    hara'H7451 →662 times

  • בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of

    beeineiH5869 →887 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.6 worksHebrews 3:16–19For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?5 worksNumbers 14:33–35Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.5 worksNumbers 26:64–65Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.3 worksDeuteronomy 2:14–15The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.3 worksPsalms 59:13Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah3 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 95:10For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”3 worksPsalms 78:33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.2 worksNumbers 17:13Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”2 worksPsalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 10:5

    Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 3:17

      And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

    • Jude 1:5

      Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

    • Numbers 26:64–65

      Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

    • Numbers 14:37

      those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.

    • Psalms 78:32–34

      In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 32 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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