Numbers 32:26

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities 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 Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do what you have promised."

25 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities of Gilead;

27 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord orders."

28 So Moses gave command concerning them to Elea'zar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.