King James Version
Numbers 32:26 in the King James Version says “Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:”
Numbers 32:26 · KJV
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
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“our flocks”
H4735something bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all our cattle”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be there in the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“of Gilead”
H1568gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
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