Numbers 32:22

Numbers 32:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)then when the land is subdued before the Lord, you may return and be free from your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you may return and be blameless before the Lord and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

Context of Numbers 32:22

20Moses answered, “Do what you have said. In the Lord’s presence have all your armed men get ready for battle. 21Have them cross the Jordan, and fight until the Lord forces out his enemies and the land is conquered. Then you may come back. You will have fulfilled your military duty to the Lord and Israel. This land will be your own property in the Lord’s presence. 23“If you don’t do all these things, you will be sinning against the Lord. You can be sure that you will be punished for your sin. 24Build cities for your families and stone fences for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

Numbers 32:22 word by word

וְנִכְבְּשָׁ֨ה הָאָ֜רֶץ לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ וְאַחַ֣ר תָּשֻׁ֔בוּ וִהְיִיתֶ֧ם נְקִיִּ֛ים מֵיְהוָ֖ה וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ֠הָיְתָה הָאָ֨רֶץ הַזֹּ֥את לָכֶ֛ם לַאֲחֻזָּ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• be subduedכָּבַשׁkâbash · to subdueH3533
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• then afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• ye shall returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and be guiltlessנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• and before Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall be your possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272

Cross-references for Numbers 32:22

• Deuteronomy 3:20Your soldiers will go with the other Israelites until they take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then they will have a place to rest as you have. After that each of you may go back to the land I gave you.”
• Joshua 10:30The Lord also handed Libnah and its king over to Israel. He killed all the people. There were no survivors. He did the same thing to the king of Libnah that he had done to the king of Jericho.
• Joshua 11:23Joshua captured the whole land as the Lord had promised Moses. He gave it to Israel as a possession, dividing it among the tribes. So the land had peace.
• Joshua 18:1The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.
• Psalms 44:1O God, we have heard it with our own ears. Our ancestors have told us about the miracle you performed in their day, in days long ago.
• Psalms 78:55He forced nations out of their way and gave them the land of the nations as their inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their own tents.
• Joshua 22:4“Now the Lord your God has given your relatives peace, as he promised them. So return home, to the land that is your own possession. It is the land that the Lord’s servant Moses gave you east of the Jordan River.
• Joshua 2:19Whoever leaves your house will be responsible for his own life. We will be free from that responsibility. But we will take responsibility if anyone inside your house is harmed.
• 2 Samuel 3:28Later when David heard about it, he said, “As far as the Lord is concerned, my kingdom and I are forever innocent of spilling the blood of Ner’s son Abner.
• Deuteronomy 3:12At that time we took possession of this land. I gave the tribes of Reuben and Gad the land north of Aroer near the Arnon Valley and half of the mountain region of Gilead with its cities.
• Joshua 1:15take possession of the land the Lord your God is going to give them. Then they will have a place to rest like you do. After that, you may go back and take possession of the land east of the Jordan River which the Lord’s servant Moses gave you.”
• Joshua 13:8The tribes of Reuben and Gad with half of the tribe of Manasseh had received their inheritance east of the Jordan River, since the Lord’s servant Moses had already given it to them.
• Joshua 22:9So the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh left the rest of the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan. They returned to Gilead. This was their own possession which they had captured as the Lord had instructed them through Moses.

Commentaries on Numbers 32:22

• 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. 20-24Moses agreed to the terms offered by Reuben and Gad. If they helped their relatives fight the Canaanites, they would fulfill their part of the agreement. Then they could return to their settlements east of the Jordan River (32:22). If they did not keep their promise, it would be a serious sin against God (32:23).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

Topics related to Numbers 32:22

• Gad
• Gilead
• Misjudgment
• Motive
• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Destroy
• Discourage
• Ready
• Sit
• Gad (1)
• Guiltless
• Moses

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