Numbers 32:25

The leaders of the tribes of Gad and Reuben replied, “We will do what you have asked us to do [MTY], because you are our leader.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

In Context

24Now you can build cities for your families and pens for your animals, but after doing that, you must do what you have promised.”

26Our wives and children and our cattle and sheep and goats will stay here in the cities in the Gilead area,

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Cross References

Joshua 1:16The people answered Joshua, “We will do everything that you have commanded us to do, and we will go wherever you tell us to go.

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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