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Deuteronomy 3:19

in Deuteronomy 3

But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle (I know that ye have much cattle), shall abide in your cities which I have given you,

KJV

But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

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This verse in Deuteronomy 3

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle,.... These were to be left behind: for I know that ye have much cattle; which made the countries of Gilead and Bashan, so famous for pasturage, agreeable to them; see Num 32:1 these, under the care of servants, and also their wives and children: shall abide in your cities which I have given you; and which they rebuilt and repaired, Num 32:34.

This site's exposition

At that time I commanded you

on Deuteronomy 3:18-20

The eastern tribes hold their land on terms, and their fighting men must cross armed ahead of their brothers. Their settlement waits on the nation's: "until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you".

This site's exposition

I know that you have much livestock

Moses breaks off in the middle of the list to acknowledge the herds, the reason these tribes asked for the land at Numbers 32:1. John Gill notes that Gilead and Bashan were famous for pasture.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • רַ֠קonly

    rakH7535 →109 times

  • נְשֵׁיכֶ֣םwives your

    nesheikhemH802 →781 times

  • וְטַפְּכֶם֮and little one[s] your

    vetapekhemH2945 →42 times

  • וּמִקְנֵכֶם֒and livestock your

    umiknekhemH4735 →

  • יָדַ֕עְתִּיI know

    yada'tiH3045 →945 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • מִקְנֶ֥הlivestock

    miknehH4735 →

  • רַ֖בmuch

    ravH7227 →454 times

  • לָכֶ֑ם[belongs] to you

    lakhem

  • יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙they will remain

    yeshevuH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּעָ֣רֵיכֶ֔םin cities your

    beareikhemH5892 →1090 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֖תִּיI have given

    natatiH5414 →2011 times

  • לָכֶֽם׃to you

    lakhem

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 3 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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