Numbers 32 · Verse 27

Numbers 32:27

But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
Numbers 32:27, King James Version

Numbers 32:27 in other translations

BSBBut your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
WEBbut your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.”
ASVbut thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith.
YLTand thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.'
DARBYbut thy servants will pass over, every one armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord says.
BBEBut your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.
WebsterBut thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

What does Numbers 32:27 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 32:27 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.

וַעֲבָדֶ֨יךָva.'a.va.Dei.khaand servants yourH5650
יַֽעַבְר֜וּya.'av.Ruthey will pass overH5674
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
חֲל֥וּץcha.Lutzequipped [man] ofH2502
צָבָ֛אtza.Va'warH6635
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
אֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.Nilord myH113
דֹּבֵֽר\׃do.Ver[is] sayingH1696

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Cross references for Numbers 32:27

  • Joshua 4:12

    And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

  • Numbers 36:2

    And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

  • 2 Timothy 4:7-8

    I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

  • Numbers 11:28

    And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

  • Ephesians 6:10-18

    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. …

  • Numbers 12:11

    And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

  • Numbers 32:17

    But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

    (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy servants.
Jos 4:12
armed.
17; 2Co 10:4,5; Eph 6:10-18; 2Ti 4:7,8
as my lord.
11:28; 12:11; 36:2

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Context

  • Numbers 32:26

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

  • Numbers 32:27

    But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.

  • Numbers 32:28

    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:

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Numbers 32:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tus siervos, armados todos de guerra, pasarán delante de Jehová á la guerra, de la manera que mi señor dice.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et tes serviteurs, tous équipés pour l’armée, passeront devant l’ Éternel pour aller à la guerre, comme mon seigneur l’a dit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
deine Knechte aber, alle zum Heere Gerüsteten, werden vor Jehova hinüberziehen in den Streit, so wie mein Herr redet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
nos autem famuli tui omnes expediti pergemus ad bellum, sicut tu, domine, loqueris.