Numbers 32:26
We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities of Galaad:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
In Context
27And we thy servants all well appointed will march on to the war, as thou, my lord, speakest.
Cross References
Joshua 1:14Your wives, and children, and cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren, all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them,
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 →