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17 but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness[a] and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against[b] the inhabitants of the land.

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  1. Numbers 32:17 tn The MT has חֻשִׁים (khushim); the verbal root is חוּשׁ (khush, “to make haste” or “hurry”). But in light of the Greek and Latin Vulgate the Hebrew should probably be emended to חֲמֻשִׁים (hamushim), a qal passive participle meaning “in battle array.” See further BDB 301 s.v. I חוּשׁ, BDB 332 s.v. חֲמֻשִׁים; HALOT 300 s.v. I חושׁ, חישׁ; HALOT 331 s.v. I חמשׁ.
  2. Numbers 32:17 tn Heb “from before.”