Numbers 32 · Verse 25

Numbers 32:25

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Numbers 32:25, King James Version

Numbers 32:25 in other translations

BSBThe Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
WEBThe children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
ASVAnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
YLTAnd the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak unto Moses, saying, ‘Thy servants do as my lord is commanding;
DARBYAnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commands.
BBEAnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.
WebsterAnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

What does Numbers 32:25 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 32:25 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.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
גָד֙gadGadH1410
וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] descendants ofH1121
רְאוּבֵ֔ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650
יַעֲשׂ֔וּya.'a.Suthey will doH6213
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
אֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.Nilord myH113
מְצַוֶּֽה\׃me.tza.Veh[is] commandingH6680

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

Cross references for Numbers 32:25

  • Joshua 1:13-14

    Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. 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;

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Jos 1:13,14

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Context

  • Numbers 32:24

    Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

  • Numbers 32:25

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

  • Numbers 32:26

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

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Numbers 32:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y hablaron los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rubén á Moisés, diciendo: Tus siervos harán como mi señor ha mandado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les fils de Gad et les fils de Ruben parlèrent à Moïse, disant: Tes serviteurs feront comme mon seigneur l’a commandé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Kinder Gad und die Kinder Ruben sprachen zu Mose und sagten: Deine Knechte werden tun, so wie mein Herr gebietet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Moysen: Servi tui sumus: faciemus quod jubet dominus noster.