Numbers 32:26
24 Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
27 But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.
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.
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- BSB
- Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
- KJV
- Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
- WEB
- Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
- ASV
- Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
- DARBY
- Our little ones, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
- BLB
- Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead.
- ÅB
- våre barn, våre hustruer, vårt fe og alle våre kløvdyr skal bli her i Gileads byer;
- OTB
- Våre små, koner, flokker og all vår buskap vil bli i byene i Gilead,
- B1930
- våre barn, våre hustruer, vårt fe og alle våre kløvdyr skal bli her i Gileads byer;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 1:14
Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,
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