Numbers 32:6

And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?

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And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

In Context

5And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.

7Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?

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Cross References

Judges 5:16Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?

1 Corinthians 13:5Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:2-16

The Request of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 Even the… Read the whole commentary →

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