Numbers 32:25

And the sons of Gad and of Ruben said to Moses: “We are your servants, we shall do what you, our ruler, orders.

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In The King James Version

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

In Context

24Therefore, build cities for your little ones, and pens and stables for your sheep and cattle; and fulfill what you have promised.”

26We will leave behind our little ones, and our wives, and the sheep and cattle, in the cities of Gilead.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:16And they responded to Joshua, and they said: “All that you have instructed to us, we shall do. And wherever you will send us, we shall go.

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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