Numbers 32:17
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17 but we will take up arms as a vanguard[a] before the Israelites, until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our little ones will stay in the fortified towns because of the inhabitants of the land.(A)
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- 32.17 Gk: Heb hurrying
Numbers 32:17
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17 But we will arm ourselves for battle[a] and go ahead of the Israelites(A) until we have brought them to their place.(B) Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
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- Numbers 32:17 Septuagint; Hebrew will be quick to arm ourselves
Joshua 4:12-13
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12 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the Israelites, as Moses had ordered them.(A) 13 About forty thousand armed for war crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for battle.
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Joshua 4:12-13
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Deuteronomy 3:18-20
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18 “At that time, I charged you as follows: ‘Although the Lord your God has given you this land to occupy, all your troops shall cross over armed as the vanguard of your Israelite kin.(A) 19 Only your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—shall stay behind in the towns that I have given to you. 20 When the Lord gives rest to your kindred, as to you, and they also have occupied the land that the Lord your God is giving them beyond the Jordan, then each of you may return to the property that I have given to you.’(B)
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Deuteronomy 3:18-20
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18 I commanded you at that time: “The Lord your God has given(A) you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.(B) 19 However, your wives,(C) your children and your livestock(D) (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you, 20 until the Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”
Numbers 32:29-32
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29 And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and the Reubenites, everyone armed for battle before the Lord, will cross over the Jordan with you and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession,(A) 30 but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” 31 The Gadites and the Reubenites answered, saying, “As the Lord has spoken to your servants, so we will do. 32 We will cross over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of[a] the Jordan.”
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- 32.32 Heb beyond
Numbers 32:29-32
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29 He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you,(A) you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.(B) 30 But if they do not cross over(C) with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.(D)”
31 The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has said.(E) 32 We will cross over before the Lord into Canaan armed,(F) but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.(G)”
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