New English Translation
Numbers 32:27
27but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the Lord’s presence, just as my lord says.”
Numbers 32:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
- New International Version (NIV)But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the Lord, just as our lord says.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders."
- New King James Version (NKJV)but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, just as my lord says.”
Context of Numbers 32:27
25So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. 26Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead, but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the Lord’s presence, just as my lord says.” 28So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes. 29Moses said to them: “If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the Lord’s presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:27 word by word
וַעֲבָדֶ֨יךָ יַֽעַבְר֜וּ כָּל־חֲל֥וּץ צָבָ֛א לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲדֹנִ֖י דֹּבֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- But thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- will pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- every man armedחָלַץchâlats · to armH2502
- for warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: warH6635
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- to battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- as my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
- saithדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
Cross-references for Numbers 32:27
- Joshua 4:12The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.
- Numbers 32:17but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
- 2 Timothy 4:7I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!
- Numbers 11:28Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, “My lord Moses, stop them!”
- Numbers 12:11So Aaron said to Moses, “O my lord, please do not hold this sin against us, in which we have acted foolishly and have sinned!
- Numbers 36:2They said, “The Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
Commentaries on Numbers 32:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Before the Lord - i. e., immediately in front of the sacred tokens of the Lord‘s presence; compare Numbers 10:17 note.Read the comment
- 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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