Numbers 32:6 · KJV
“And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?”
— Numbers 32:6
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, {and} bring us not over Jordan.
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? {discourage: Heb. break}
Numbers 32 — Context
{Even} the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, {is} a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
5Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, {and} bring us not over Jordan.
6And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? {discourage: Heb. break}
8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:5
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
2 Samuel 11:11
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? {as} thou livest, and {as} thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Philippians 2:4
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.