Numbers 32:26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

English Standard Version
Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead,

New American Standard Bible
"Our little ones, our wives, our livestock and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead;

King James Bible
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Our little children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

International Standard Version
"Our children, wives, flocks, and all our cattle will be settled in the cities of Gilead,

American Standard Version
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

Douay-Rheims Bible
We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities of Galaad:

Darby Bible Translation
Our little ones, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

Young's Literal Translation
our infants, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead,

Cross References

Numbers 32:25
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.

Joshua 1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but you shall pass before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them;

Joshua 22:9
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

32:16-27 Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the children of Israel into the land of Canaan, and that they should not return till the conquest of Canaan was ended. Moses grants their request, but he warns them of the danger of breaking their word. If you fail, you sin against the Lord, and not against your brethren only; God will certainly reckon with you for it. Be sure your sin will find you out. Sin will surely find out the sinner sooner or later. It concerns us now to find our sins out, that we may repent of them, and forsake them, lest they find us out to our ruin.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

20-33. Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing—with sincerity and zeal.

go before the Lord to war—The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on [96]Nu 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and Gad, so that, literally, they passed over before the Lord and before the rest of Israel (Jos 4:13). Perhaps, however, the phrase is used merely in a general sense to denote their marching on an expedition, the purpose of which was blessed with the presence, and destined to promote the glory, of God. The displeasure which Moses had felt on the first mention of their proposal had disappeared on the strength of their solemn assurances. But a lurking suspicion of their motives seems still to have been lingering in his mind—he continued to speak to them in an admonitory strain; and he concluded by warning them that in case of their failing to redeem their pledge, the judgments of an offended God would assuredly fall upon them. This emphatic caution against such an eventuality throws a strong doubt on the honesty of their first intentions; and yet, whether through the opposing attitude or the strong invectives of Moses they had been brought to a better state of mind, their final reply showed that now all was right.