Numbers 32:32
New International Version
We will cross over before the LORD into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.”

New Living Translation
We will cross the Jordan into Canaan fully armed to fight for the LORD, but our property will be here on this side of the Jordan.”

English Standard Version
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”

Berean Standard Bible
We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”

King James Bible
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

New King James Version
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 the Jordan.”

New American Standard Bible
We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the property of our inheritance shall remain with us across the Jordan.”

NASB 1995
“We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us across the Jordan.”

NASB 1977
“We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us across the Jordan.”

Legacy Standard Bible
We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us across the Jordan.”

Amplified Bible
We will cross over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, so that the possession of our inheritance on [the east] side of the Jordan may be ours.”

Christian Standard Bible
We will cross over in battle formation before the LORD into the land of Canaan, but we will keep our hereditary possession across the Jordan.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We will cross over in battle formation before the LORD into the land of Canaan, but we will keep our hereditary possession across the Jordan.”

American Standard Version
We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.

Contemporary English Version
We will cross the Jordan River, ready to fight for the LORD in Canaan. But the land we will inherit as our own will be on this side of the river."

English Revised Version
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond Jordan.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
We will enter Canaan as armed troops in the LORD's presence, but the land we will take possession of is here, east of the Jordan."

Good News Translation
Under his command we will cross into the land of Canaan and go into battle, so that we can retain our property here east of the Jordan."

International Standard Version
"We are to cross over in battle array in the LORD's presence into the land of Canaan, and afterwards the possession of our inheritance will be on this side of the Jordan River."

Majority Standard Bible
We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.?

NET Bible
We will cross armed in the LORD's presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River."

New Heart English Bible
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan."

Webster's Bible Translation
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

World English Bible
We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
we pass over armed before YHWH [to] the land of Canaan, and with us [is] the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.”

Young's Literal Translation
we -- we pass over armed before Jehovah to the land of Canaan, and with us is the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.'

Smith's Literal Translation
We will pass over armed before Jehovah to the land of Canaan, and to us shall be the possession of our inheritance from the other side to Jordan.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and we confess that we have already received our possession beyond the Jordan.

Catholic Public Domain Version
We will go forth, armed, before the Lord into the land of Canaan; and we acknowledge that we have already received our possession across the Jordan.”

New American Bible
We ourselves will go across in force before the LORD into the land of Canaan, but we will retain our hereditary property on this side of the Jordan.”

New Revised Standard Version
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 the Jordan.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan to war, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan may be ours.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
We shall pass over when equipped before LORD JEHOVAH for battle to the land of Canaan and the possession of our inheritance at the crossing of Jordan.”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and ye shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Tribes East of the Jordan
31The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do. 32We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.” 33So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.…

Cross References
Joshua 1:14-15
Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them, / until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”

Deuteronomy 3:18-20
At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites. / But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you, / until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”

Joshua 22:1-4
Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh / and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you. / All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God. ...

Joshua 4:12-13
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them. / About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.

Judges 5:2
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

Deuteronomy 31:7-8
Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. / The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

Joshua 21:43-45
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it. / And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. / Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

Hebrews 4:8-10
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. / There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

Joshua 13:8-12
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them: / The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, / and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites; ...

1 Chronicles 5:18-22
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle. / They waged war against the Hagrites, as well as Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. / And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers. ...

Joshua 22:9
So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.

Joshua 22:10-12
And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan. / Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.” / And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.

Joshua 22:16-18
“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day? / Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD. / And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

Joshua 22:21-29
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel: / “The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today. / If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable. ...


Treasury of Scripture

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Numbers 32
1. The Reubenites and Gadites ask for inheritance on the east side of Jordan
6. Moses reproves them
16. They offer him conditions with which he is content
33. Moses assigns them the land
39. They conquer it.














We will cross over
This phrase signifies a commitment and a promise made by the tribes of Reuben and Gad. In Hebrew, the word for "cross over" is "עָבַר" (avar), which often implies a transition or a significant change. Historically, crossing over the Jordan River was a monumental event for the Israelites, symbolizing a transition from the wilderness into the Promised Land. It reflects a willingness to move forward in faith, trusting in God's promises.

before the LORD
The phrase "before the LORD" indicates an action taken in the presence of God, under His watchful eye. In Hebrew, "לִפְנֵי יְהוָה" (lifnei Yahweh) suggests a sense of accountability and reverence. This highlights the understanding that their actions are not just for their own benefit but are a fulfillment of a divine mandate. It underscores the importance of living a life that is pleasing to God, acknowledging His sovereignty in all endeavors.

into the land of Canaan
Canaan represents the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants. The Hebrew term "כְּנַעַן" (Canaan) is often associated with a place of abundance and blessing. Historically, Canaan was a region inhabited by various tribes and was known for its fertile land. This phrase reminds believers of God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises and the hope of entering into His rest and provision.

but the possession of our inheritance
The word "inheritance" in Hebrew is "נַחֲלָה" (nachalah), which conveys the idea of a heritage or a portion that is divinely allotted. This phrase emphasizes the concept of divine provision and the assurance that God has a specific plan and blessing for each of His people. It serves as a reminder that while we may be called to serve and sacrifice, God ensures that our needs and future are secure in His hands.

will remain with us
This phrase indicates a sense of permanence and security. The Hebrew root "יָשַׁב" (yashav) means to dwell or to settle, suggesting that their inheritance is not temporary but a lasting possession. It reflects the assurance that God's promises are steadfast and reliable, providing a foundation for faith and trust in His eternal plan.

across the Jordan
The Jordan River serves as a geographical and symbolic boundary. In Hebrew, "יַרְדֵּן" (Yarden) means "descender," reflecting the river's flow from the mountains to the Dead Sea. Crossing the Jordan was a significant act of faith for the Israelites, marking the transition from wandering to settling. This phrase symbolizes the crossing from old to new, from promise to fulfillment, and from uncertainty to assurance in God's provision. It encourages believers to trust in God's guidance as they navigate the transitions and challenges of life.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
We
נַ֣חְנוּ (naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 5168: We

will cross over
נַעֲבֹ֧ר (na·‘ă·ḇōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

into the land
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Canaan
כְּנָ֑עַן (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

armed
חֲלוּצִ֛ים (ḥă·lū·ṣîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 2502: To pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

that
וְאִתָּ֙נוּ֙ (wə·’it·tā·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

we may have our inheritance
נַחֲלָתֵ֔נוּ (na·ḥă·lā·ṯê·nū)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

on this side
מֵעֵ֖בֶר (mê·‘ê·ḇer)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5676: A region across, on the opposite side

of the Jordan.”
לַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (lay·yar·dên)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine


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