Numbers 32:22

Translations

Modern

…then 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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

…and the land is subdued before the face of YHWH, then afterward you may return and be blameless before YHWH and before Israel. And this land shall be your possession before the face of YHWH.

Latin

…et subjiciatur ei omnis terra: tunc eritis inculpabiles apud Dominum et apud Israël, et obtinebitis regiones, quas vultis, coram Domino.

Original

Hebrew

English

…then 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.

Notes

Numbers 32:20–24

Moses agreed to the terms offered by Reuben and Gad. If they helped their relatives fight the Canaanites, they would fulfill their part of the agreement. Then they could return to their settlements east of the Jordan River (32:22). If they did not keep their promise, it would be a serious sin against God (32:23).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses

Related verses

Joshua 22:9
So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
Joshua 22:4
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 3:20
…until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
Joshua 13:8
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
Joshua 1:15
…until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
Joshua 10:42
And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Psalm 44:1–4
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
Joshua 10:30
And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua 13:29–32
This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
Joshua 2:19
If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

Parallels

Deuteronomy 3:12–22 Joshua 13:8–14

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Allotment of the Land Ammon, Ammonites Arabah Ataroth Conquest and Allotment of the Land Deuteronomy, Book of Dibon Elealeh Gad, Tribe of Gilead (Place) Jazer Joshua, Book of Manasseh, Tribe of Moab, Moabites Numbers, Book of Reuben (Place) Reuben, Tribe of

Topics

Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: Reubenites Obtained the Land Taken from the Amorites Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Aid in the Conquest of the Region West of the Jordan River Gilead: A Region East of the Jordan River Allotted to the Tribes of Reuben and Gad and the Half Tribe of Manasseh Misjudgment of the Reubenites and Gadites Motive: Misunderstood: The Tribes of Reuben and Gad, in Asking for Their Inheritance East of the Jordan River The Jews: Obliged to Unite Against Enemies the Tribe of Gad: Sought and Obtained Its Inheritance East of Jordan the Tribe of Reuben: Obtained Inheritance East of Jordan on Condition of Helping The Tribes of Israel: Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh were Required to Assist in Subduing Canaan Uncharitableness: The Tribes West of the Jordan River Toward the Two and a Half Tribes

Numbers 32:22

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