Numbers 32:18

We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

In Context

17But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

19Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”

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Cross References

Joshua 22:1Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

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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