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Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 32:30

and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.'

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."
Complete Jewish Bible
But if they do not cross with you armed, they are to possess land along with you in Kena‘an."
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.
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 And Moses commandeth concerning them Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel; 29 and Moses saith unto them, `If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben pass over with you the Jordan, every one armed for battle, before Jehovah, and the land hath been subdued before you, then ye have given to them the land of Gilead for a possession; 30 and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.' 31 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, `That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants -- so we do; 32 we -- we pass over armed before Jehovah [to] the land of Canaan, and with us [is] the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.' 33 And Moses giveth to them, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the land round about. 34 And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds. 37 And the sons of Reuben have build Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

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
And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, `Thou [art], O God, my beholder;' for she said, `Even here have I looked behind my beholder?'
Genesis 28:19
and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.
Genesis 32:10
I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant -- for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
Genesis 32:11
`Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons;
Genesis 32:19
And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,
Genesis 32:21
and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.
Genesis 32:22
And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;
Genesis 32:23
and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.
Exodus 33:14
and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'
Numbers 12:8
mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and [by] an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'

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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