Numbers 32:28

“So Moses gave orders concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel.”

Numbers 32:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 32:28, word by word

So Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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gave ordersיְצַוyetsav

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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to Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar

Eleazar

Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.

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the priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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and to Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

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sonבִּןbin

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Nunנוּןnun

Nun

Nun, the father of Joshua.

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and to the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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of the fathers’ housesאֲבוֹתavot

head of family

The head of a family or clan.

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of the tribesמַּטּוֹתmatot

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

27but your servants will cross over, every armed man of the army, before YHWH to the war, as my lord says.”

28 · This verse (above)

29Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross with you the Jordan, every armed man for the war before YHWH, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

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