Numbers 32:27

27 But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the LORD, just as our lord says.”

Numbers 32:27 in Other Translations

KJV
27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
ESV
27 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord orders."
NLT
27 But all who are able to bear arms will cross over to fight for the LORD, just as you have said.”
MSG
27 But we, every one of us fully armed, will cross the river to fight for God, just as our master has said."
CSB
27 but your servants are equipped for war before the Lord and will go across to the battle as my lord orders."

Numbers 32:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:27

But thy servants will pass over
The river Jordan, and go into the land of Canaan:

every man armed for war;
Moses had required that all should go over, and they consent to it, and promise that everyone should, though this was not insisted on when they came to it, for only about 40,000 went over, ( Joshua 4:13 ) , whereas the two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, numbered more than 110,000; see ( Numbers 26:7 Numbers 26:18 Numbers 26:34 ) :

before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith;
for now, instead of saying, "before the children of Israel", a phrase they first used, they say, "before the Lord", as Moses had expressed it.

Numbers 32:27 In-Context

25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands.
26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
27 But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
28 Then Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.
29 He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the LORD, then when the land is subdued before you, you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.

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