Numbers 32:27
in Numbers 32But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
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ASV
but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith.
KJV
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
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This verse in Numbers 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Your servants will do just as our lord
on Numbers 32:25-27
The Hebrew verb behind their answer is singular, which John Gill reads as the two tribes speaking with one voice or through one spokesman. Verse 27 repeats the crossing clause almost word for word, and the same clause comes round again at verses 29, 31 and 32. Repetition is how the terms get fixed, since nobody in this negotiation wants the wording left loose.
This site's exposition
every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD
Albert Barnes reads before the LORD as directly in front of the tokens of His presence, pointing to Numbers 10:17. Joshua 4:12-13 records the crossing in the same words. About 40,000 armed men crossed before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Jazer - A city and country of the Amorites; Gilead - A mountainous country, famous for pasturage 6. Ye sit here - In ease and peace, while your brethren are engaged in a bloody war.
But thy servants will pass over,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Before the Lord - i. e., immediately in front of the sacred tokens of the Lord’s presence; compare Num 10:17 note.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַעֲבָדֶ֨יךָ | vaavadeikha | and servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| יַֽעַבְר֜וּ | yaavru | they will pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֲל֥וּץ | chalutz | equipped [man] of | H2502 → | 44 times |
| צָבָ֛א | tzava' | war | H6635 → | 485 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֲדֹנִ֖י | ʾadoni | lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
| דֹּבֵֽר׃ | dover | [is] saying | H1696 → | 1141 times |
וַעֲבָדֶ֨יךָand servants your
vaavadeikhaH5650 →799 times
יַֽעַבְר֜וּthey will pass over
yaavruH5674 →556 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֲל֥וּץequipped [man] of
chalutzH2502 →44 times
צָבָ֛אwar
tzava'H6635 →485 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
אֲדֹנִ֖יlord my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
דֹּבֵֽר׃[is] saying
doverH1696 →1141 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 12:11and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 24:10
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away…
- 2 Samuel 19:19
and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
- Proverbs 30:32
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- 1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the…
- 2 Samuel 24:10
Through
Numbers 11:28Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
it leads to
- Luke 9:49–50
“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
- Mark 9:38–40
John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
- John 3:26
So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
- Joshua 1:1
Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
- Luke 9:49–50
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and MannaFest exposition, Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 32 read with Joshua 4.