Numbers 32:20

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

Numbers 32:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:20

And Moses said unto them
Being better disposed towards them, and more satisfied with the reasonableness of their request, it being explained unto him:

if ye will do this thing;
which they had promised:

if ye will go armed before the Lord to war;
they had said they would go ready armed before the children of Israel, but Moses expresses it "before the Lord"; which is more agreeable to their encampment and order in marching, for not the standard of Reuben but that of Judah went foremost, yet the standard of Reuben marched directly before the sanctuary bore by the Kohathites, ( Numbers 10:18 Numbers 10:21 ) , and so might be properly said to go before the Lord, who dwelt there.

Numbers 32:20 In-Context

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.

21 Prepare yourselves and go across the Jordan River. Fight for the LORD until he has driven out his enemies in front of him.

22 "When the land is under the LORD's control, you can come back here. Your duty to the LORD and Israel will be over. Then the LORD will give you this land as your own.