Numbers 32:4

32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

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the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”

Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle:

32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

What does Numbers 32:4 mean?

Numbers 32:4 is a verse in the book of Numbers, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), נָכָה (nâkâh). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Even

the

countryאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

which

the

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

smoteנָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

beforeפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

the

congregationעֵדָהʻêdâh/ay-daw'/H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

for

cattle,מִקְנֶהmiqneh/mik-neh'/H4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

and

thy

servantsעֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant

have

cattle:מִקְנֶהmiqneh/mik-neh'/H4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

Commentary on Numbers 32:4

HENRY_FULL · Numbers 32:1–6

italic">are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord . 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. Levi was God's tribe, a tribe that was to have no inheritance with the rest in the land of Canaan, and therefore was not numbered with the rest, but by itself; so it had been numbered in the beginning of this book at Mount Sinai, and therefore came not under the sentence passed upon all that were then numbered, that none of them should enter Canaan but Caleb and Joshua; for of the Levites that were not numbered with them, nor were to go forth to war, Eleazar and Ithamar, and perhaps others who were above twenty years old then (as appears, ch. iv. 16 , 28 ), entered Canaan; and yet this tribe, now at its second numbering, had increased but 1000, and was still one of the smallest tribes. Mention is made here of the death of Nadab and Abihu for offering strange fire, as before of the sin and punishment of Korah, because these things happened to them for ensamples. 63 These

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 1:49

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

Numbers 3:39

All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

Numbers 4:27

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. appointment: Heb. mouth

Numbers 4:48

Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

Numbers 18:20

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Numbers 35:2

Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Deuteronomy 10:9

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

Deuteronomy 14:27

And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

Deuteronomy 18:1

The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Deuteronomy 18:2

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

Joshua 13:14

Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Joshua 13:33

But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Joshua 14:3

For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

Topics

Cattle Gad, the Tribe Of Haste Ox, the Reuben, the Tribe Of

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Numbers 32:4.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. bearing: Heb. seeding seed yielding: Heb. seeding seed

Genesis 14:15

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. there: or, a mist which went up from, etc.

Frequently asked questions

What does Numbers 32:4 say?

Numbers 32:4 (King James Version) reads: "Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:"

Is Numbers 32:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Numbers 32:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Numbers.

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