Numbers 32:26

26 Our children and wives will remain here in the cities of Gilead. So will our flocks and herds.

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 up cities for your women and children. Make sheep pens for your flocks. But do what you have promised to do."

25 The people of Gad and Reuben spoke to Moses. They said, "We will do just as you command.

26 Our children and wives will remain here in the cities of Gilead. So will our flocks and herds.

27 But we will prepare ourselves for battle. We'll go across the Jordan River and fight for the Lord. We will do just as you have said."

28 Then Moses gave orders about them to the priest Eleazar. He gave the same orders to Joshua, the son of Nun. He also spoke to the family heads of the tribes of Israel.