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When[a] they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter[b] the land that the Lord had given[c] them.

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  1. Numbers 32:9 tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.
  2. Numbers 32:9 tn The infinitive construct here with ל (lamed) is functioning as a result clause.
  3. Numbers 32:9 tn The Lord had not given it yet, but was going to give it. Hence, the perfect should be classified as a perfect of resolve.

After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol(A) and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.

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