Numbers 32:5
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Numbers 32:5 in other translations
| BSB | “If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.” |
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| WEB | They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.” |
| ASV | And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan. |
| YLT | And they say, ‘If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.' |
| DARBY | and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan. |
| BBE | And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan. |
| Webster | Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. |
What does Numbers 32:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:1-5
Nu 32:1-42. The Reubenites and Gadites Ask for an Inheritance. 1-5. the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead--A complete conquest had been made of the country east of the Jordan, comprising "the land of Jazer," which formed the southern district between the Arnon and Jabbok and "the land of Gilead," the middle region between the Jabbok and Jarmouk, or Hieromax, including Bashan, which lay on the north of that…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:1-5
Here is a proposal made by the Reubenites and Gadites, that the land lately conquered might be allotted to them. Two things common in the world might lead these tribes to make this choice; the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. There was much amiss in the principle they went upon; they consulted their own private convenience more than the public good. Thus to the present time, many seek their own things more…
Numbers 32:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 32:5
- Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
- 1 Samuel 20:3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
- Deuteronomy 1:37
Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
- Deuteronomy 3:25-26
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
- Jeremiah 31:2
Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
- Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
- 2 Samuel 14:22
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
- Esther 5:2
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
- Genesis 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
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Context
- Numbers 32:4
Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
- Numbers 32:5
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
- Numbers 32:6
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Numbers 32:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por tanto, dijeron, si hallamos gracia en tus ojos, dése esta tierra á tus siervos en heredad, y no nos hagas pasar el Jordán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils dirent: Si nous avons trouvé faveur à tes yeux, que ce pays soit donné en possession à tes serviteurs; ne nous fais pas passer le Jourdain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie sprachen: Wenn wir Gnade in deinen Augen gefunden haben, so möge dieses Land deinen Knechten zum Eigentum gegeben werden; laß uns nicht über den Jordan ziehen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | precamurque si invenimus gratiam coram te, ut des nobis famulis tuis eam in possessionem, nec facias nos transire Jordanem. |