Tree of Life Version
Numbers 32:5
5Then they said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this territory be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”
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“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon— 4the territory Adonai conquered before the community of Israel—are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” Then they said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this territory be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.” 6Moses replied to the sons of Gad and Reuben, “Should your countrymen go to war while you dwell here? 7Why do you dishearten Bnei-Yisrael from going across to the land that Adonai has given to 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 19:19Look, please, your servant has found favor in Your eyes and You have magnified Your merciful loyalty, which You have shown me by letting me live. But I can’t escape to the hill country—for the disaster will overtake me and I’ll die!
- Ruth 2:10Then she fell upon her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes that you have noticed me, even though I am a foreigner?”
- 1 Samuel 20:3Then David swore again saying, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes. So he must have thought, ‘Let’s not let Jonathan know about this, else he will be grieved.’ But truly as Adonai lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
- 2 Samuel 14:22Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king. Then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, since the king has done the word of your servant.”
- Esther 5:2When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the courtyard, she found favor in his eyes, so the king held out to Esther the golden scepter in his hand and Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.
- Jeremiah 31:2“From afar Adonai appeared to me.” “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.
- Deuteronomy 1:37“Adonai was even angry with me on your account, saying, ‘You will not enter there, either.
- Deuteronomy 3:25Please! Let me cross over and see the good land across the Jordan—that good hill country and the Lebanon.’
- Joshua 7:7“Alas, Adonai Elohim!” Joshua said. “Why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan? Is it to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites—to destroy us? If only we had been content and dwelled beyond the Jordan!
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
Topics related to Numbers 32:5
In the dictionaries
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
Tree of Life Version — © 2015 The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society
Commentaries