Deuteronomy 3:18-20
Lexham English Bible
18 “And I charged you all at that time when I said, “Yahweh has given you—to all of you—this land to possess. All the warriors[a] shall cross over, ready to fight, before your brothers, the Israelites.[b] 19 Only your wives and your little children and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock)[c] must stay in your towns that I have given you, 20 until Yahweh shall give rest to your brothers as he did to you, and also they take possession of the land that Yahweh your God is giving to them beyond the Jordan; then they may return, each one to his possession that I have given to them.
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- Deuteronomy 3:18 Literally “men of valor”
- Deuteronomy 3:18 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Deuteronomy 3:19 Literally “livestock much there is to you”
Deuteronomy 3:18-20
Living Bible
18 “At that time I reminded the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh that, although the Lord had given them the land, they could not begin settling down until their armed men led the other tribes across the Jordan to the land the Lord was giving them.
19 “‘But your wives and children,’ I told them, ‘may live here in the cities the Lord has given you, caring for your many cattle 20 until you return after the Lord has given victory to the other tribes too. When they conquer the land the Lord your God has given them across the Jordan River, then you may return here to your own land.’
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