New English Translation
Numbers 32:30
30But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”
Numbers 32:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- New International Version (NIV)But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
Context of Numbers 32:30
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. But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.” 31Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken. 32We will cross armed in the Lord’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:30 word by word
וְאִם־לֹ֧א יַֽעַבְר֛וּ חֲלוּצִ֖ים אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְנֹֽאחֲז֥וּ בְתֹכְכֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 32:30
Commentaries on Numbers 32:30
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-42Verses 28-42 Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith, sensible of the goodness of God, constrained by the love…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-30Israel's leaders were Eleazar, Joshua, and the heads of clans. They would help enforce the commands of Moses since he would soon die (compare Joshua 22:1–2).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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