Numbers 32:18
16 Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
17 But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
19 Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
20 Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
- KJV
- We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
- WEB
- We will not return to our houses until the children of Israel have all received their inheritance.
- ASV
- We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
- DARBY
- We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited each one his inheritance.
- BLB
- We will not return to our homes until the sons of Israel have received, each man, his inheritance.
- ÅB
- Vi vil ikke vende tilbake til våre hus før Israels barn har fått hver sin arv;
- OTB
- Vi vil ikke vende tilbake til våre hjem før hver av israelittene har mottatt sin arv.
- B1930
- Vi vil ikke vende tilbake til våre hus før Israels barn har fått hver sin arv;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 22:1–5
Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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