7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?
7 Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them?
7 Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them?
7 Why would you even think of letting the People of Israel down, demoralizing them just as they're about to move into the land God gave them?
7 Now why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?
7 "Why do you want to discourage the rest of the people of Israel from going across to the land the Lord has given them?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 32:7
Commentary on Numbers 32:6-15
(Read Numbers 32:6-15)
The proposal showed disregard to the land of Canaan, distrust of the Lord's promise, and unwillingness to encounter the difficulties and dangers of conquering and driving out the inhabitants of that land. Moses is wroth with them. It will becomes any of God's Israel to sit down unconcerned about the difficult and perilous concerns of their brethren, whether public or personal. He reminds them of the fatal consequences of the unbelief and faint-heartedness of their fathers, when they were, as themselves, just ready to enter Canaan. If men considered as they ought what would be the end of sin, they would be afraid of the beginning of it.