Numbers 32:18

18 "We won't return to our homes until all of the people of Israel have received their share of the land.

Numbers 32:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:18

We will not return unto our houses
In the cities built or repaired by them, or to their families, and their substance, their flocks and their herds; all which they should leave behind them, and never think of returning to them:

until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance;
until all the tribes were settled in their respective places, and every family and everyone in them had their portion assigned them; and accordingly they did not return until the land was wholly subdued, nor even until every lot came up, and the land was divided by it, and the inheritance of the several tribes fixed, and even the cities of the Levites assigned to them out of the several tribes; see ( Joshua 22:1-34 ) .

Numbers 32:18 In-Context

16 Then they came up to Moses. They said, "We would like to build pens here for our livestock. We would also like to build cities for our women and children.

17 "But we're ready to prepare ourselves for battle. We're even ready to go ahead of the people of Israel. We'll go with them until we've brought them to their place. While we're gone, our women and children will live in cities that have high walls around them. That will keep them safe from the people who are living in this land.

18 "We won't return to our homes until all of the people of Israel have received their share of the land.

19 "We won't receive any share with them on the west side of the Jordan River. We've already received our share here on the east side."

20 Then Moses said to them, "Do what you have promised to do. Prepare yourselves to fight for the Lord.