Numbers 32:26

our infants, our wives, our livestock, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead,

Literal Standard Version

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

25And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak to Moses, saying, “Your servants do as my lord is commanding;

27and your servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before YHWH, to battle, as my lord is saying.”

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Cross References

Joshua 1:14your wives, your infants, and your substance, abide in the land which Moses has given to you beyond the Jordan, and you pass over by fifties, before your brothers, all the mighty men of valor, and have helped 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 →

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