Numbers 32:32

We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and we confess that we have already received our possession beyond the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

In Context

31And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben answered: As the Lord hath spoken to his servants, so will we do:

33Moses therefore gave to the children of Cad and of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasses the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and their land and the cities thereof round about.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:34When you shall be come into the land of Chanaan, which I will give you for a possession, if there be the plague of leprosy in a house,

Numbers 34:15That is, two tribes and a half, have received their portion beyond the Jordan over against Jericho at the east side.

Deuteronomy 3:12And we possessed the land at that time from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto the half of mount Galaad: and I gave the cities thereof to Ruben and Gad.

Joshua 12:6Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel slew them, and Moses delivered their land in possession to the Rubenites, and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:29-42

Inheritance of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1452.) 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord , and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have… Read the whole commentary →

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