Deuteronomy 3:18
in Deuteronomy 3At 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
KJV
And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseYou - Namely, the Reubenites and Gadites. All that are meet - In such number as your our brethren shall judge necessary. They were in all above an hundred thousand.
This site's exposition
And I commanded you at that time
on Deuteronomy 3:18-20
The eastern tribes hold their land on terms, and the terms are that their fighting men cross Jordan armed ahead of their brethren while wives, children and cattle stay behind in the cities already given them. Numbers 32:20-22 is where those terms were struck, and Joshua 22:1-4 is where Joshua discharges the men and sends them home. The word that governs the whole arrangement is rest, until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, which makes one tribe's settlement wait on the nation's.
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And I commanded you at that time,....
It ill becomes an Israelite to be selfish, and to prefer any private interest before the public welfare. When we are rest we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֲצַ֣ו | vaatzav | and I commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּעֵ֥ת | baet | at the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הַהִ֖וא | hahiv' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נָתַ֨ן | natan | he has given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָכֶ֜ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֤רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּאת֙ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ | lerishtah | to take possession of it | H3423 → | 231 times |
| חֲלוּצִ֣ים | chalutzim | equipped | H2502 → | 44 times |
| תַּֽעַבְר֗וּ | taavru | you will pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| לִפְנֵ֛י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֲחֵיכֶ֥ם | ʾacheikhem | countrymen your | H251 → | 630 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | O all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חָֽיִל׃ | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
וָאֲצַ֣וand I commanded
vaatzavH6680 →494 times
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
בָּעֵ֥תat the time
baetH6256 →296 times
הַהִ֖וא<the> that
hahiv'H1931 →1879 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
נָתַ֨ןhe has given
natanH5414 →2011 times
לָכֶ֜םto you
lakhem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֤רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּאת֙<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּto take possession of it
lerishtahH3423 →231 times
חֲלוּצִ֣יםequipped
chalutzimH2502 →44 times
תַּֽעַבְר֗וּyou will pass over
taavruH5674 →556 times
לִפְנֵ֛י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אֲחֵיכֶ֥םcountrymen your
ʾacheikhemH251 →630 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כָּל־O all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בְּנֵי־[the] sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
חָֽיִל׃strength
chayilH2428 →246 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.