Numbers 32:31

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: 'As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

In Context

30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.'

32We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:6Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.

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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