New Living Translation
Numbers 32:5
5If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”
Numbers 32:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
- New International Version (NIV)If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.”
Context of Numbers 32:5
3“Notice the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon. 4The Lord has conquered this whole area for the community of Israel, and it is ideally suited for all our livestock. If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.” 6“Do you intend to stay here while your brothers go across and do all the fighting?” Moses asked the men of Gad and Reuben. 7“Why do you want to discourage the rest of the people of Israel from going across to the land the Lord has given them?
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:5 word by word
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אִם־מָצָ֤אנוּ חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ יֻתַּ֞ן אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את לַעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה אַל־תַּעֲבִרֵ֖נוּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Wherefore, saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- they, if we have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- graceחֵןchên · favorH2580
- in thy sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
- let this landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- be givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- unto thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- for a possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272
- bring us not overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
Cross-references for Numbers 32:5
- Genesis 19:19“You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
- Ruth 2:10Ruth fell at his feet and thanked him warmly. “What have I done to deserve such kindness?” she asked. “I am only a foreigner.”
- 1 Samuel 20:3Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won’t tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?’ But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the Lord and by your own soul!”
- 2 Samuel 14:22Joab bowed with his face to the ground in deep respect and said, “At last I know that I have gained your approval, my lord the king, for you have granted me this request!”
- Esther 5:2When he saw Queen Esther standing there in the inner court, he welcomed her and held out the gold scepter to her. So Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.
- Jeremiah 31:2This is what the Lord says: “Those who survive the coming destruction will find blessings even in the barren land, for I will give rest to the people of Israel.”
- Deuteronomy 1:37“And the Lord was also angry with me because of you. He said to me, ‘Moses, not even you will enter the Promised Land!
- Deuteronomy 3:25Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.’
- Joshua 7:7Then Joshua cried out, “Oh, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!
Commentaries on Numbers 32:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Let this land be given unto thy servants - Because it was good for pasturage, and they had many flocks, Numbers 32:1.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5After Israel took control of the central area east of the Jordan River, during the battles described in chapter 21, they began preparing to enter Canaan. At that time, the Israelites needed to remain united. But two tribes asked for permission to settle on the east side of the Jordan River instead of crossing into Canaan.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-421-5. the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead--A complete conquest had been made of the country east of the Jordan, comprising "the land of Jazer," which formed the southern district between the Arnon and Jabbok and "the land of Gilead," the middle region between the Jabbok and Jarmouk, or Hieromax, including Bashan, which lay on the north of that river. The whole of this region is now called the Belka. It has always been famous for its rich and…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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