King James Version
Numbers 32:21 in the King James Version says “And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,”
Numbers 32:21 · KJV
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,
And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And will go”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all of you armed”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“until he hath driven out”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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