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Numbers 32:28

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So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

KJV

So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

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This verse in Numbers 32

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
So concerning them Moses commanded,.... That they should have a grant of the land they requested: this looks as if Moses determined the case himself, though perhaps it was by the vote, and with the consent of the whole court; only Moses strictly enjoined them to observe it, namely: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; and the rather he did this, because he knew that he should die, and not see either the thing itself or the conditions of it performed.

This site's exposition

So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar

on Numbers 32:28-30

Moses puts the agreement into the hands of Eleazar, Joshua and the heads of the tribes, because he will be dead before it comes due. Verse 30 supplies the penalty clause, that a failure to cross forfeits the east and drops them into Canaan with everyone else. Joshua 22:1-4 is where Joshua discharges them and sends them home, which is the far end of this same contract.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He gives them an estate upon condition, leaving it to Joshua, if they fulfilled the condition, to declare the estate absolute: "If they will not go over with you, " he does not say "you shall give them no inheritance at all," but "you shall not give them this inheritance which they covet.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The pastoral country the two tribes had desired was to be granted them on condition that they would lend their aid to their brethren in the approaching invasion of Canaan. If they refused or failed to perform their promise, those possessions should be forfeited, and they themselves compelled to go across the Jordan and fight for a settlement like the rest of their brethren.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • וַיְצַ֤וand he commanded

    vaytzavH6680 →494 times

  • לָהֶם֙of <the> them

    lahem

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֵ֚ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • אֶלְעָזָ֣רEleazar

    ʾelazarH499 →72 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • בִּן־[the] son of

    bin-H1121 →4930 times

  • נ֑וּןNun

    nunH5126 →30 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • רָאשֵׁ֛י[the] leaders of

    rasheiH7218 →599 times

  • אֲב֥וֹת[the] fathers of

    ʾavotH1 →1212 times

  • הַמַּטּ֖וֹתthe tribes

    hamatotH4294 →252 times

  • לִבְנֵ֥יof [the] people of

    livneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

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

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 1:13“Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’4 works

The walk

3 stops

Each 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

    Joshua 1:13

    “Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’

    it leads to

    • Numbers 32:20–28

      Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

    • Deuteronomy 3:18–20

      At 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…

    • Joshua 22:1–4

      Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 32 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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