Numbers 32:26

26 Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our beasts, shall be 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 that which has proceeded out of your mouth.

25 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying, Thy slaves will do as my lord commands.

26 Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our beasts, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

27 but thy slaves, each one armed for war, will pass before the LORD to battle, as our lord saith.

28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the princes of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel.