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Numbers 32:17 · KJV

“But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.”

— Numbers 32:17

Verse 16

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Verse 18

We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

Numbers 32 — Context

15

For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

16

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

17

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18

We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

19

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

Cross References

Joshua 4:12-13

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

Deuteronomy 3:18-20

And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all {that are} meet for the war. {meet...: Heb. sons of power}

Numbers 32:29-32

And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

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