Numbers 32:18
in Numbers 32We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
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ASV
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
KJV
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
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This verse in Numbers 32
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawal from all share in the war of invasion, or the effect of their leader's expostulation was to drive them from their original purpose, they now, in answer to his impressive appeal, declared it to be their sincere intention to co-operate with their brethren; but, if so, they ought to have been more explicit at first.
This site's exposition
We will not return unto our houses
on Numbers 32:18-19
The offer goes further than the question. Moses asked whether they would fight, and they bind themselves to stay in the field until every other tribe holds its own inheritance, which Joshua 22:1-4 records them doing to the end. They also give up any claim on the west side, so the exchange is fixed in both directions before Moses states a single term.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Their brethren should have their best help as long as they needed it. That yet they would not expect any share of the land that was yet to be conquered (
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
FOR OUR INHERITANCE HAS COME TO US — “we have already received it on the eastern side [of the Jordan].” This is Rashi’s language.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נָשׁ֖וּב | nashuv | we will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּתֵּ֑ינוּ | bateinu | houses our | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עַ֗ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הִתְנַחֵל֙ | hitnachel | have inherited | H5157 → | 59 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ | nachalato | inheritance his | H5159 → | 222 times |
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
נָשׁ֖וּבwe will return
nashuvH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בָּתֵּ֑ינוּhouses our
bateinuH1004 →2046 times
עַ֗דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הִתְנַחֵל֙have inherited
hitnachelH5157 →59 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אִ֖ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃inheritance his
nachalatoH5159 →222 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.