Deuteronomy 3:19
17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
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;
20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
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,