Numbers 32:26

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle 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 you cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth."

25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying, "Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

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

27 but thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith."

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