Deuteronomy 3:19
17 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
18 At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
20 until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
21 And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.
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 your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
- KJV
- But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, ( for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
- WEB
- But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock, (I know that you have much livestock), shall live in your cities which I have given you,
- ASV
- But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you,
- DARBY
- Only your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, I know that ye have much cattle, shall abide in your cities which I have given you,
- BLB
- But your⁺ wives and your⁺ little ones and your⁺ livestock—I know that you⁺ have much livestock—shall stay in your⁺ cities that I have given you⁺,
- ÅB
- Bare deres hustruer og barn og deres fe - jeg vet at dere har meget fe - skal bli igjen i de byer jeg har gitt dere,
- OTB
- Men deres koner, deres barn og deres buskap (jeg vet dere har mye buskap) kan bli i byene jeg har gitt dere,
- B1930
- Bare eders hustruer og barn og eders fe - jeg vet at I har meget fe - skal bli igjen i de byer jeg har gitt eder,