Numbers 32:22 “then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be f…”

Numbers 32:22

then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

World English Bible

and the land is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

American Standard Version

and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And vntill the land be subdued before the Lord, then ye shall returne and be innocent toward the Lord, and toward Israel: and this land shalbe your possession before the Lord.

Darby Translation

and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and afterwards ye return, ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel, and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

and the land hath been subdued before Jehovah — then afterwards ye do turn back, and have been acquitted by Jehovah, and by Israel; and this land hath been to you for a possession before Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And the land is under the rule of the Lord: then after that you may come back, having done no wrong to the Lord and to Israel; and this land will be yours for your heritage before the Lord.

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Cross references

“land”

Deuteronomy 3:20 Joshua 10:30 Joshua 10:42 Joshua 11:23 Joshua 18:1 Psalm 44:1–4

Deuteronomy 3:20 · BSB

until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have gi…

Joshua 10:30 · BSB

And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:42 · BSB

And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

Joshua 11:23 · BSB

So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

Joshua 18:1 · BSB

Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

Psalm 44:1–4 · BSB

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

“ye shall”

Joshua 22:4 Joshua 22:9

Joshua 22:4 · BSB

And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.

Joshua 22:9 · BSB

So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD throu…

“be guiltless”

Joshua 2:19 2 Samuel 3:28

Joshua 2:19 · BSB

If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

2 Samuel 3:28 · BSB

Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

“this land”

Joshua 1:15 Joshua 13:8 Deuteronomy 3:12–18 Joshua 13:29–32

Joshua 1:15 · BSB

until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which…

Joshua 13:8 · BSB

The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

Deuteronomy 3:12–18 · BSB

So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

Joshua 13:29–32 · BSB

This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,

23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

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