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Numbers 32:17 Cross-References
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“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 32:17
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place—Reuben and Gad pledge to go "ready armed" (chalutsim, חֲלוּצִים, equipped for battle, literally "loins girded") "before" (lifnei, לִפְנֵי) Israel—meaning in the vanguard, the most dangerous position. This was no token support but frontline combat leadership until conquest was complete."Until we have brought them unto their place" commits them to sustained warfare for years, not returning until every tribe received its inheritance. The phrase "we ourselves" (anachnu, אֲנַחְנוּ) emphas...
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Cross-References for Numbers 32:17
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“and the children of Gad”
“saying”
“If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan”