English Standard Version
Numbers 32:5
5And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan."
Numbers 32:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
- New International Version (NIV)If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”
Context of Numbers 32:5
3"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4the land that the Lord struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock." And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan." 6But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here? 7Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them?
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:5 word by word
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אִם־מָצָ֤אנוּ חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ יֻתַּ֞ן אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את לַעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה אַל־תַּעֲבִרֵ֖נוּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Wherefore, saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- they, if we have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- graceחֵןchên · favorH2580
- in thy sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
- let this landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- be givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- unto thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- for a possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272
- bring us not overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
Cross-references for Numbers 32:5
- Genesis 19:19Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.
- Ruth 2:10Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?"
- 1 Samuel 20:3But David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."
- 2 Samuel 14:22And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."
- Esther 5:2And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
- Jeremiah 31:2Thus says the Lord: "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,
- Deuteronomy 1:37Even with me the Lord was angry on your account and said, 'You also shall not go in there.
- Deuteronomy 3:25Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.'
- Joshua 7:7And Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord God, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!
Commentaries on Numbers 32:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Let this land be given unto thy servants - Because it was good for pasturage, and they had many flocks, Numbers 32:1.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5After Israel took control of the central area east of the Jordan River, during the battles described in chapter 21, they began preparing to enter Canaan. At that time, the Israelites needed to remain united. But two tribes asked for permission to settle on the east side of the Jordan River instead of crossing into Canaan.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-421-5. the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead--A complete conquest had been made of the country east of the Jordan, comprising "the land of Jazer," which formed the southern district between the Arnon and Jabbok and "the land of Gilead," the middle region between the Jabbok and Jarmouk, or Hieromax, including Bashan, which lay on the north of that river. The whole of this region is now called the Belka. It has always been famous for its rich and…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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