Numbers 32:18
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
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 called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
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