King James Version
Numbers 32:27 in the King James Version says “But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.”
Numbers 32:27 · KJV
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:
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“will pass over”
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)
“every man armed”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
“for war”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
“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
“to battle”
H4421a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“saith”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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