Numbers 32:17

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Josh 4:12-13 : 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: 13 about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
  • Num 32:29-32 : 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before Jehovah, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the Jordan.
  • Deut 3:18-20 : 18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you, 20 until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

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  • Num 32:16
    86%

    16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

  • Num 32:18-21
    4 verses
    84%

    18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

    19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.

    20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves to go before Jehovah to the war,

    21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

  • Num 32:26-27
    2 verses
    82%

    26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

    27but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith.

  • Num 32:29-32
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    29And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before Jehovah, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

    30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

    31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

    32We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the Jordan.

  • Num 14:3
    75%

    3And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • Deut 1:39
    75%

    39Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

  • Num 32:24
    74%

    24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

  • Josh 1:14
    74%

    14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;

  • Deut 3:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.

    19But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you,

  • Josh 8:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;

    6and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;

  • Exod 10:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto Jehovah.

    10And he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

  • Deut 1:28
    73%

    28Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

  • Jer 42:14
    72%

    14saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

  • Josh 22:24
    72%

    24and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?

  • Num 14:31
    72%

    31But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.

  • Deut 29:11
    72%

    11your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

  • 1 Sam 14:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

    10But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up; for Jehovah hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be the sign unto us.

  • Deut 2:34-36
    3 verses
    72%

    34And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:

    35only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

    36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [from] the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:

  • Gen 43:8
    72%

    8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

  • Num 13:28
    71%

    28Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

  • Deut 1:22
    71%

    22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.

  • Deut 2:29
    71%

    29as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    71%

    16they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

  • Num 13:19
    71%

    19and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

  • Num 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

    9Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.

  • Num 20:17
    71%

    17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.

  • Deut 3:7
    71%

    7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.

  • Josh 4:12
    71%

    12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

  • Judg 20:32
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    32And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways.

  • Num 13:31
    70%

    31But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

  • Deut 29:16
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    16(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;

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    11And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.

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    70%

    52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts.

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    11and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

  • Deut 3:5
    70%

    5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.