Numbers 32 · Verse 22

Numbers 32:22

And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
Numbers 32:22, King James Version

Numbers 32:22 in other translations

BSBthen when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.
WEBand the land is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
ASVand the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah.
YLTand the land hath been subdued before Jehovah--then afterwards ye do turn back, and have been acquitted by Jehovah, and by Israel; and this land hath been to you for a possession before Jehovah.
DARBYand the land is subdued before Jehovah, and afterwards ye return, ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel, and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah.
BBEAnd the land is under the rule of the Lord: then after that you may come back, having done no wrong to the Lord and to Israel; and this land will be yours for your heritage before the Lord.
WebsterAnd the land shall be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

What does Numbers 32:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:20-33

20-33. Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing--with sincerity and zeal. go before the Lord to war--The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on Nu 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and…

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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 32:22 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.

וְנִכְבְּשָׁ֨הve.nikh.be.Shahand it will be subduedH3533
הָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
לִפְנֵ֤יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
וְאַחַ֣רve.'a.Charand afterH310
תָּשֻׁ֔בוּta.Shu.vuyou will returnH7725
וִהְיִיתֶ֧םvih.yi.Temand you will beH1961
נְקִיִּ֛יםne.ki.YimfreeH5355
מֵיְהוָ֖הme.Yah.wehfrom YahwehH3068
וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לu.mi.Yis.ra.'Eland from IsraelH3478
וְ֠הָיְתָהVe.ha.ye.tahand it will belongH1961
הָאָ֨רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הַזֹּ֥אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemto <the> you
לַאֲחֻזָּ֖הla.'a.chu.Zahto a possessionH272
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Numbers 32:22

  • Joshua 22:4

    And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.

  • Joshua 22:9

    And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

  • Deuteronomy 3:20

    Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

  • Joshua 1:15

    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.

  • 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;

  • Psalms 44:1-4

    To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

  • 2 Samuel 3:28

    And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

  • Deuteronomy 3:12-18

    And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day. And I gave Gilead unto Machir. …

  • Joshua 11:23

    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

  • Psalms 78:55

    He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Joshua 10:30

    And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  • Joshua 18:1

    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
land.
De 3:20; Jos 10:30,42; 11:23; 18:1; Ps 44:1-4; 78:55
ye shall.
Jos 22:4,9
be guiltless.
Jos 2:19; 2Sa 3:28
this land.
De 3:12-18; Jos 1:15; 13:8,29-32; 22:9

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Context

  • Numbers 32:21

    And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

  • Numbers 32:22

    And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

  • Numbers 32:23

    But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

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Numbers 32:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sea el país sojuzgado delante de Jehová; luego volveréis, y seréis libres de culpa para con Jehová, y para con Israel; y esta tierra será vuestra en heredad delante de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et que le pays soit subjugué devant l’ Éternel, et qu’ensuite vous vous en retourniez, alors vous serez innocents envers l’ Éternel et envers Israël; et ce pays-ci sera votre possession devant l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und das Land vor Jehova unterjocht ist, und ihr danach zurückkehret, so sollt ihr schuldlos sein gegen Jehova und gegen Israel; und dieses Land soll euch zum Eigentum sein vor Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et subjiciatur ei omnis terra: tunc eritis inculpabiles apud Dominum et apud Israël, et obtinebitis regiones, quas vultis, coram Domino.