Numbers 32:20

And Moses said to them: “If you accomplish what you have promised, you may go out, equipped for battle, before the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

In Context

19Neither will we seek anything across the Jordan, because we already have our possession on its eastern side.”

21And let every fighting man cross over the Jordan, until the Lord overthrows his enemies,

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Cross References

Joshua 1:13“Remember the words, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed to you, saying: ‘The Lord your God has given you rest, and has given you all the land.’

Joshua 4:12Likewise, the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh advanced with weapons before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had instructed them.

Joshua 22:9And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh returned, and they went away from the sons of Israel at Shiloh, which is situated in Canaan, so that they might enter into Gilead, the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the order of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

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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