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Complete Jewish Bible

Numbers 32:30

But if they do not cross with you armed, they are to possess land along with you in Kena‘an."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gad;   Gilead;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Uncharitableness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Gad, the Tribe of;   Reuben, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Reuben;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bashan;   Jaazer;   Reuben;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gad;   Israel;   Leopard;   Manasseh;   Reuben;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'besh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Conditions;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Kana`an.
King James Version
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Lexham English Bible
But if they will not cross over with you armed, they will acquire land in your midst in Canaan."
English Standard Version
However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
New Century Version
But if they do not go over armed, they will not receive it; their land will be in Canaan with you."
New English Translation
But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan."
Amplified Bible
but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan [and surrender their right to their land east of the Jordan River]."
New American Standard Bible
but if they do not cross over with you armed, they shall instead be settled among you in the land of Canaan."
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if they will not goe ouer with you armed, then they shall haue their possessions amog you in the land of Canaan.
Legacy Standard Bible
but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
Contemporary English Version
But if they break their promise, they will receive land on the other side of the Jordan, like the rest of the tribes."
Darby Translation
but if they do not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if they do not cross the river with you ready to fight, they will not get any land on this side. They will get only a share of the land of Canaan with the rest of you."
George Lamsa Translation
But if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Good News Translation
But if they do not cross the Jordan and go into battle with you, they are to receive their share of the property in the land of Canaan, as you do."
Christian Standard Bible®
But if they don’t go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”
Literal Translation
But if they will not go over armed with you, they shall have possession among you in the land of Canaan.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf they go not ouer with you in harnes, then shal they inheret wt you in ye lode of Canaa.
American Standard Version
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Bible in Basic English
But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But and if they wyll not go ouer with you in harnesse, they shall haue their possessions among you in the lande of Chanaan.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.'
King James Version (1611)
But if they will not passe ouer with you armed, they shall haue possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall ye cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan.
English Revised Version
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Berean Standard Bible
But if they do not go across with you armed, their possession must be among you in the land of Canaan."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but if thei nylen passe with you in to the lond of Chanaan, take thei places to dwelle among you.
Young's Literal Translation
and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.'
Update Bible Version
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Webster's Bible Translation
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
World English Bible
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
New King James Version
But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
New Living Translation
But if they refuse to arm themselves and cross over with you, then they must accept land with the rest of you in the land of Canaan."
New Life Bible
But if they will not cross over with you ready for battle, their land must be among you in the land of Canaan."
New Revised Standard
but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if they will not pass over armed, with you, then shall they accept a possession in your midst, in the land of Canaan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if they will not pass armed with you into the land of Chanaan, let them receive places to dwell in among you.
Revised Standard Version
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."

Contextual Overview

28 So Moshe gave orders concerning them to El‘azar the cohen, Y'hoshua the son of Nun and the clan leaders of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. 29 Moshe said to them, "If the descendants of Gad and of Re'uven cross over the Yarden with you, every man armed for battle, before Adonai ; and if the land is conquered before you, then you are to give them the land of Gil‘ad as theirs to possess. 30 But if they do not cross with you armed, they are to possess land along with you in Kena‘an." 31 The descendants of Gad and of Re'uven answered, "We will do as Adonai has said to your servants. 32 We will cross over into the land of Kena‘an armed before Adonai , and the land we will possess for inheritance will be on this side of the Yarden." 33 So Moshe gave the descendants of Gad and of Re'uven, and also to the half-tribe of M'nasheh the son of Yosef, the kingdom of Sichon king of the Emori and the kingdom of ‘Og king of Bashan — the country and its cities within its borders, along with their surrounding towns. 34 The descendants of Gad built Divon, ‘Atarot, ‘Aro‘er, 35 ‘Atrot-Shofan, Ya‘zer, Yogbehah, 36 Beit-Nimrah and Beit-Haran — fortified cities; and also enclosures for sheep. 37 The descendants of Re'uven built Heshbon, El‘aleh, Kiryatayim,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 22:19

Reciprocal: Joshua 17:5 - beside 1 Chronicles 7:14 - Machir

Cross-References

Genesis 16:13
So she named Adonai who had spoken with her El Ro'i [God of seeing], because she said, "Have I really seen the One who sees me [and stayed alive]?"
Genesis 28:19
and named the place Beit-El [house of God]; but the town had originally been called Luz.
Genesis 32:10
Then Ya‘akov said, "God of my father Avraham and God of my father Yitz'chak, Adonai , who told me, ‘Return to your country and your kinsmen, and I will do you good':
Genesis 32:11
I'm not worthy of all the love and faithfulness you have shown your servant, since I crossed the Yarden with only my staff. But now I have become two camps.
Genesis 32:19
then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Ya‘akov, and they are a present he has sent to my lord ‘Esav; and Ya‘akov himself is just behind us.'"
Genesis 32:21
and you are to add, ‘And there, just behind us, is your servant Ya‘akov.'" For he said, "I will appease him first with the present that goes ahead of me; then, after that, I will see him myself — and maybe he will be friendly toward me."
Genesis 32:22
So the present crossed over ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
Genesis 32:23
He got up that night, took his two wives, his two slave-girls, and his eleven children, and forded the Yabok.
Exodus 33:14
He answered, "Set your mind at rest — my presence will go with you, after all."
Numbers 12:8
With him I speak face to face and clearly, not in riddles; he sees the image of Adonai . So why weren't you afraid to criticize my servant Moshe?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if they will not pass over with you armed,.... Shall change their minds, and break their promise, and refuse to go over the river Jordan with the other tribes, and armed ready to engage in battle with the enemy:

they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan; take their lot there, but have no inheritance or possessions on this side Jordan.


 
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