Numbers 32:6
in Numbers 32But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?
KJV
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
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This verse in Numbers 32
Commentary
3 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
Shall your brethren go to war
on Numbers 32:6-7
Moses puts two questions and makes no statement. The word rendered discourage at verse 7 is the word rendered disallow in the vow law two chapters back at Numbers 30:5, where a father cancels his daughter's vow, so the charge is that these tribes would annul the will of the rest. Numbers 14:34 uses a noun from the same root, which the King James text renders my breach of promise.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben,.... Being displeased with their motion, as his following discourse shows, it having at first sight an appearance of covetousness and cowardice: shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? it is not reasonable that your brethren should be left by you and engage in a war with your common enemies, to dispossess them of their land before they can settle in it and you remain here easy and quiet in the possession of a fruitful country.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לִבְנֵי־ | livnei- | to [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גָ֖ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| וְלִבְנֵ֣י | velivnei | and to [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְאוּבֵ֑ן | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| הַאַֽחֵיכֶ֗ם | haacheikhem | ¿ brothers your | H251 → | 630 times |
| יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ | yavou | will they go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | lamilchamah | to <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| וְאַתֶּ֖ם | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תֵּ֥שְׁבוּ | teshevu | will you remain? | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| פֹֽה׃ | foh | here | H6311 → | 82 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לִבְנֵי־to [the] descendants of
livnei-H1121 →4930 times
גָ֖דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
וְלִבְנֵ֣יand to [the] descendants of
velivneiH1121 →4930 times
רְאוּבֵ֑ןReuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
הַאַֽחֵיכֶ֗ם¿ brothers your
haacheikhemH251 →630 times
יָבֹ֙אוּ֙will they go
yavouH935 →2568 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔הto <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
וְאַתֶּ֖םand you
veatemH859 →1094 times
תֵּ֥שְׁבוּwill you remain?
teshevuH3427 →1079 times
פֹֽה׃here
fohH6311 →82 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
Philippians 2:4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- James 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4–5
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32–33
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
Through
1 Corinthians 13:5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
it leads to
- Philippians 2:3–5
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- 1 John 3:16–17
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Philippians 2:3–5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.