King James Version
Numbers 32:18 in the King James Version says “We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.”
Numbers 32:18 · KJV
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
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.
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
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.
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“We will not return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“unto our houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“have inherited”
H5157to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
“until the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“every man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“his inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
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