Numbers 32:27

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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)But all who are able to bear arms will cross over to fight for the Lord, just as you have said.”

Context of Numbers 32:27

25The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands. 26Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead. But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the Lord, just as our lord says.” 28Then Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes. 29He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.

Numbers 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 men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, ready for battle, in front of the Israelites, as Moses had directed them.
• Numbers 32:17But we will arm ourselves for battle and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
• Numbers 11:28Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
• Numbers 12:11and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.
• Numbers 36:2They said, “When the Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you 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

Topics related to Numbers 32:27

• Gad
• Gilead
• Misjudgment
• Motive
• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

• Destroy
• Discourage
• Ready
• Sit
• Gad (1)
• Moses
• Numbers, Book of
• Reuben
• Sanballat
• Jabesh

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