Numbers 32:24 · American Standard Version
Numbers 32:24 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 32:24 in Other Translations
| KJV | Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. |
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| WEB | Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.” |
| ASV | Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. |
| YLT | build for yourselves cities for your infants, and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth do ye.’ |
| WBT | Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. |
| DBY | Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, and do that which has gone out of your mouth. |
Commentary on Numbers 32:24
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 32:20–27
Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing--with sincerity and zeal.
go before the Lord to war--The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on Num. 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and Gad, so that, literally, they passed over before the Lord and before the rest of Israel (Jos 4:13). Perhaps, however, the phrase is used merely in a general sense to denote their marching on an expedition, the purpose of which was blessed with the presence, and destined to promote the glory, of God. The displeasure which Moses had felt on the first mention of their proposal had disappeared on the strength of their solemn assurances. But a lurking suspicion of their motives seems still to have been lingering in his mind--he continued to speak to them in an admonitory strain; and he concluded by warning them that in case of their failing to redeem their pledge, the judgments of an offended God would assuredly fall upon them. This emphatic caution against such an eventuality throws a strong doubt on the honesty of their first intentions; and yet, whether through the opposing attitude or the strong invectives of Moses they had been brought to a better state of mind, their final reply showed that now all was right.
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Questions about Numbers 32:24
What does Numbers 32:24 say?
Numbers 32:24 in the American Standard Version reads: “Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 32, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 32:24 found in the Bible?
Numbers 32:24 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 32, verse 24, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 32:24 shown in?
This is the American Standard Version (ASV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 32:24 in the table on this page.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying,.... In answer to his speech:
thy servants will do as my lord commandeth; both with respect to their march before the Lord to battle, and with respect to their provision for their children and flocks.
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