Numbers 32:20

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,

Related Commentaries of Numbers 32:20

Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go (f) armed before the LORD to war, (f) Before the Ark of the Lord.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Request by Reuben and Gad for Permission to Settle on the E. of Jordan. The character of the high moorland S. of the Jabbok still bears out the d...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And Moses said unto them. Moses might seem to err on the side of excessive good-nature, in that he extends the boundaries prescribed by...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If ye will go armed before the Lord— i.e. Before the ark, which was the symbol of the Divine presence; for the three tribes of Reuben, Gad, and S...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, If ye will do this thing - with sincerity and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Allotment of Territory to the Tribes of Gad and Reuben and the Halftribe of Manasseh 1-5. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request that the land of Gi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

if ye will go armed before the Lord... — The same verb and the same preposition are here used which are used in Numbers 32:17 . It may be inferred...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. SETTLEMENT Numbers 32:1-42 The request of the men of Reuben and Gad that they should be allowed to settle on the eastern side of Jordan in t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Warning against Forsaking Their Brethren Numbers 32:20-42 These two and a half tribes never entered the national life, as did those on the othe...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have here the record of what without doubt was a wrong committed by two and a half tribes, of Moses' failure in judgment, and, consequently, of a...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include the whole of these verses in one view, because they include the terms of agreement between Moses and the Reubenites and Gadites. The repres...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses said unto them ,.... Being better disposed towards them, and more satisfied with the reasonableness of their request, it being explained u...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Before the Lord Before the ark, which was the token of God's presence. He alludes either to the order of the tribes in their march, whereby Reuben...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A PROPOSAL OF COMPROMISE (vs.1-15) The children of Israel being now east of the Jordan River, the land there appealed to the tribes of Reuben and...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But we ourselves...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Before the Lord; either, 1. Sincerely and heartily, as in God's presence. Or rather, 2. Before the ark, which was the token of God's presence....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Their Going Forward Is Confirmed and Agreed ( Numbers 32:20-23 ). Numbers 32:20-21 ‘And Moses said to them, “If you will do this thing, if you...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the account of the allotment of the territory conquered by Israel on the east of the Jordan t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:12 . Save Caleb the Kenezite. Kenaz was probably Caleb's grandfather. This solves all the difficulty in this passage. Raguel is called...
The Biblical Illustrator

We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones. But we ourselves will go ready armed. The amended proposal of the...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES BEYOND JORDAN ( Numbers 32:1-4 ). Numbers 32:1 The children of Reuben and the children...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 3:18-20 ; Joshua 1:13-15 ; Joshua 22:2-4 ; Joshua 4:12 ; Joshua 4:13
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Before the Lord — Before the ark, which was the token of God's presence. He alludes either to the order of the tribes in their march, whereby Reube...

²⁰ And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

Related Commentaries of Numbers 32:20

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 32:20