Deuteronomy 3:18

And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
commanded	וָאֲצַ֣ו va.'a.Tzav	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
time	בָּעֵ֥ת ba.'Et	H6256	time · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
given	נָתַ֨ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	הָאָ֤רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
possess	לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ le.rish.Tah	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
over	תַּֽעַבְר֗וּ ta.'av.Ru	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
armed	חֲלוּצִ֣ים cha.lu.Tzim	H2502	to pull off · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֛י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
brethren	אֲחֵיכֶ֥ם 'a.chei.Khem	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
children	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
meet	בְּנֵי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
war	חָֽיִל Cha.yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 32:20-24 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Joshua 4:12-13 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Mos…
Joshua 1:12-15 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
Joshua 22:1-9 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Having shown how this country which they were now in was conquered, in these verses he shows how it was settled upon the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, which we had the story of before, Num. 32. Here is the rehearsal. 1. Moses specifies the particular parts of the country that were allotted to each tribe, especially the distribution of the lot to the half tribe of Manasseh, the subdividing of which tribe is observable. Joseph was divided into Ephraim and Manasseh; Manasseh was divided into one half on the one side Jordan and the other half on the other side: that on the east side Jordan was again divided into two great families, which had their several allotments: Jair,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:16

from Gilead--that is, not the mountainous region, but the town Ramoth-gilead, even unto the river Arnon half the valley--The word "valley" signifies a wady, either filled with water or dry, as the Arnon is in summer, and thus the proper rendering of the passage will be--"even to the half or middle of the river Arnon" (compare Jos 12:2). This prudent arrangement of the boundaries was evidently made to prevent all disputes between the adjacent tribes about the exclusive right to the water.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 3:18

And I commanded you at that time,.... Not all Israel, but the tribes of Reuben and God, and the half tribe of Manasseh; for what follows only concerns them: saying, the Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it; the land before described, lately in the hands of Sihon and Og; this at their request Moses gave them, by the direction of the Lord, on the following condition: you shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war; that is, they should pass over Jordan with the rest of the tribes, being armed to assist them in the conquest of Canaan: for this phrase, which we render "before your brethren", does not signify that they went in…

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Dictionary and topics

Palestine — Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered…
Manasseh · of the Jordan River — of the Jordan River
Reuben, The Tribe Of · Obtained inheritance east of Jordan on condition of helping to conquer Canaan — Obtained inheritance east of Jordan on condition of helping to conquer Canaan
Reubenites · 32; — 32;
Tribes Of Israel, The · Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh: Were required to assist in subduing Canaan — Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh: Were required to assist in subduing Canaan

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 3:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:16

John Gill on Deuteronomy 3:18

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 3:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:16

John Gill on Deuteronomy 3:18

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 3:15-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 3:17

Rashi on Deuteronomy 3:18