Numbers 32:26

Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;

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Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

In Context

25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.

27But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle will be kept here in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but you, the fighting-men, are to go over before your brothers, armed, to give them help;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:17-28

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. 18 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… Read the whole commentary →

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