Numbers 32:6 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 32:6

But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
לִבְנֵי־	liv.nei-	to [the] descendants of	H1121 →
גָ֖ד	gad	Gad	H1410 →
וְלִבְנֵ֣י	ve.liv.Nei	and to [the] descendants of	H1121 →
רְאוּבֵ֑ן	re.'u.Ven	Reuben	H7205 →
הַאַֽחֵיכֶ֗ם	ha.'a.chei.Khem	¿ brothers your	H251 →
יָבֹ֙אוּ֙	ya.Vo.'u	will they go	H935 →
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה	la.mil.cha.Mah	to <the> battle	H4421 →
וְאַתֶּ֖ם	ve.'a.Tem	and you	H859 →
תֵּ֥שְׁבוּ	Te.she.vu	will you remain?	H3427 →
פֹֽה׃	Foh	here	H6311 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 2:4
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
  No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
  Reached by 2 independent 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—
Through
1 Corinthians 13:5
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
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,