Numbers 32:26

26 Our wives and children and our cattle and sheep will remain here in the towns of Gilead.

Numbers 32:26 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:26

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,
&c.] Their families, and their substance:

shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
such as are before mentioned, ( Numbers 32:3 ) and which they proposed to repair and fortify, to preserve their families and possessions from the Amorites about them.

Numbers 32:26 In-Context

24 So build your towns and the enclosures for your sheep, but do what you have promised!"

25 The men of Gad and Reuben said, "Sir, we will do as you command.

26 Our wives and children and our cattle and sheep will remain here in the towns of Gilead.

27 But all of us are ready to go into battle under the Lord's command. We will cross the Jordan and fight, just as you have said."

28 So Moses gave these commands to Eleazar, Joshua, and the other leaders of Israel: