Numbers 32:30
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.
29 And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
31 The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
32 We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
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
- But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
- KJV
- But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- WEB
- but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
- ASV
- but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- DARBY
- but if they do not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- BLB
- But if they do not pass over armed with you⁺, they shall have possessions in your⁺ midst in the land of Canaan.”
- ÅB
- men dersom de ikke drar væbnet over med dere, da skal de få sin eiendom i Kana'ans land, sammen med dere andre.
- OTB
- Men hvis de ikke krysser over med dere væpnet, må de akseptere sin arv blant dere i Kanaan."
- B1930
- men dersom de ikke drar væbnet over med eder, da skal de få sin eiendom i Kana'ans land, sammen med eder andre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 22:19
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
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