Numbers 32:28

28 So Moses commanded them, Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the {families} of the tribes of the {Israelites}.

Numbers 32:28 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:28

So concerning them Moses commanded
That they should have a grant of the land they requested: this looks as if Moses determined the case himself, though perhaps it was by the vote, and with the consent of the whole court; only Moses strictly enjoined them to observe it, namely,

Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of
the tribes of the children of Israel;
and the rather he did this, because he knew that he should die, and not see either the thing itself or the conditions of it performed.

Numbers 32:28 In-Context

26 Our little children, our wives, our livestock, and all of our animals {will remain} in the cities of Gilead,

27 but your servants, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross over {before} Yahweh to the war, just as my lord says."

28 So Moses commanded them, Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the {families} of the tribes of the {Israelites}.

29 Moses said to them, "If the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben, everyone who is armed for the war, cross over the Jordan {before} Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, you will give them the land of Gilead as property.

30 But if they will not cross over with you armed, they will acquire land in your midst in Canaan."

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "fathers"
• [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"