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Numbers 32:25
25The men in the tribes of Gad and Reuben said to Moses, ‘Yes sir, we will do what you have said.
Numbers 32:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
- New International Version (NIV)The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying: “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
Context of Numbers 32:25
23But if you do not do what you have promised, that will be a sin against the Lord. And be sure that God will punish you for your sin. 24So build towns for your families, and build safe places for your animals. But then do everything that you have promised to do.’ The men in the tribes of Gad and Reuben said to Moses, ‘Yes sir, we will do what you have said. 26Our women, children and our animals will stay here in Gilead's towns. 27But all our men who are able to fight will cross over the river. We will fight on behalf of the Lord, as you have said that we should do.’
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:25 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר בְּנֵי־גָד֙ וּבְנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ יַעֲשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲדֹנִ֖י מְצַוֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
- of Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
- spakeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- Thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- as my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
- commandethצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
Cross-references for Numbers 32:25
Commentaries on Numbers 32:25
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-27Verses 16-27 Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the children of Israel into the land of Canaan, and that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-27Reuben and Gad kept their promise (Joshua 4:12–13; 22:1–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing--with sincerity and zeal. go before the Lord to war--The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on Nu 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and Gad, so that, literally, they passed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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