Numbers 32 · Verse 19

Numbers 32:19

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
Numbers 32:19, King James Version

Numbers 32:19 in other translations

BSBYet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
WEBFor we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.”
ASVFor we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.
YLTfor we do not inherit with them beyond the Jordan and yonder, for our inheritance hath come unto us beyond the Jordan at the sun -rising.'
DARBYFor we will not inherit with them on yonder side the Jordan, and further, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side the Jordan eastward.
BBEFor we will not have our heritage with them on the other side of Jordan and forward; because our heritage has come to us on this side of Jordan to the east.
WebsterFor we will not inherit with them on the other side of Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance hath fallen to us on this side of Jordan eastward.

What does Numbers 32:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6-19

6-19. Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here--Their language was ambiguous; and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme of self-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live in ease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionate remonstrance. Whether they had really meditated…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:16-27

Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the children of Israel into the…

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Numbers 32:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
נִנְחַל֙nin.Chalwe will inheritH5157
אִתָּ֔ם'i.Tamwith themH854
מֵעֵ֥בֶרme.'E.verfrom [the] other sideH5676
לַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןlai.yar.Denof the JordanH3383
וָהָ֑לְאָהva.Hal.'ahand beyondH1973
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בָ֤אָהVa.'ahit has comeH935
נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙na.cha.la.Te.nuinheritance ourH5159
אֵלֵ֔ינוּ'e.Lei.nuto usH413
מֵעֵ֥בֶרme.'E.verfrom [the] other side ofH5676
הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
מִזְרָֽחָה\׃\ \פmiz.Ra.chaheast -wardH4217

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 32:19

  • Joshua 13:8

    With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;

  • 1 Chronicles 5:25-26

    And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

  • Genesis 13:10-12

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

  • Proverbs 20:21

    An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Numbers 32:32-33

    We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

  • Joshua 12:1-6

    Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah: And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, …

  • Joshua 1:14-15

    Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord’s servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

  • 2 Kings 10:32-33

    In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • Genesis 14:12

    And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

  • Numbers 34:15

    The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

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we will.
Ge 13:10-12; 14:12; 2Ki 10:32,33; 15:29; 1Ch 5:25,26; Pr 20:21
because.
33; Jos 12:1-6; 13:8
on this side.
32; 34:15; Jos 1:14,15

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Context

  • Numbers 32:18

    We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

  • Numbers 32:19

    For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

  • Numbers 32:20

    And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,

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Numbers 32:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque no tomaremos heredad con ellos al otro lado del Jordán ni adelante, por cuanto tendremos ya nuestra heredad de estotra parte del Jordán al oriente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car nous n’hériterons pas avec eux au-delà du Jourdain, ni plus loin, parce que notre héritage nous est échu, à nous, de ce côté du Jourdain, vers le levant.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn wir wollen nicht mit ihnen erben jenseit des Jordan und weiterhin, denn unser Erbteil ist uns diesseit des Jordan gegen Sonnenaufgang zugekommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
nec quidquam quæremus trans Jordanem, quia jam habemus nostram possessionem in orientali ejus plaga.