Num 32:9 | NET2full | STEP | When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land , they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the Lord had given them.

‏ Numbers 32:9

9 When ^{▼▼tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.} they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter ^{▼▼tn The infinitive construct here with ל (lamed) is functioning as a result clause.} the land that the Lord had given ^{▼▼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.} them.