The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, ‘We your servants will do as our lord commands.
Numbers 32:26 - New International Version (Anglicised) Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle shall be there in the cities of Gilead. American Standard Version (1901) Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; Common English Bible Our children, wives, livestock, and all of our animals will remain in the cities of Gilead. Catholic Public Domain Version We will leave behind our little ones, and our wives, and the sheep and cattle, in the cities of Gilead. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities of Galaad. |
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, ‘We your servants will do as our lord commands.
However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you,
Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them
So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses.