Numbers 32:25

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 will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. 24Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and sheepfolds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands. 26Our little ones, our wives, our livestock and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead; 27while your servants, everyone who is armed for war, will cross over in the presence of the Lord to battle, just as my lord says.”

Numbers 32:25 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר בְּנֵי־גָד֙ וּבְנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ יַעֲשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲדֹנִ֖י מְצַוֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
• of Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
• spokeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• Your servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• as my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• commandsצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Numbers 32:25

• Joshua 1:13“Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, ‘The Lord your God gives you rest and will give you this land.’

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

Topics related to Numbers 32:25

• Gad
• Gilead
• Misjudgment
• Motive
• Uncharitableness

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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