Numbers 32:31

“And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.”

"And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do." - Numbers 32:31
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What does Numbers 32:31 mean?

Numbers 32:31 (KJV) reads, "And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do." This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Numbers, which documents the Israelites' journey through the wilderness…

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Faithful Obedience: The Example of Gad and Reuben

In the heart of the wilderness wanderings of Israel, there lies a poignant moment captured in Numbers 32:31, where the children of Gad and the children of Reuben responded to the leadership of Moses, affirming their commitment with these words: "As the LORD hath said unto thy…

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A Prayer of Commitment and Obedience

O Heavenly Father, We humbly come before You, invoking the promises of Your Word and recalling the faithfulness of Your act of salvation. Today, as we meditate on the words found in Numbers 32:31, where the children of Gad and Reuben declared, "As the LORD hath said unto thy…

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Numbers 32:31 - "And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do."
Numbers 31:32 - "And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,"
Exodus 32:31-32 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves. / Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.” Exodus 32:31-32
Numbers 31:31 - "And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses."
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Numbers 32:38
"And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep," - Numbers 31:32
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Luke 22:31-32 - "Luke 22:31-32: And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."
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Numbers 32:16-18
Numbers 31:46 - "And sixteen thousand persons;)"
Numbers 32:35 - "And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,"
Numbers 32:32 - "We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be our's."
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Deuteronomy 32:31 - "For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges."
Job 31:32 - "The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller."
Numbers 31:33 - "And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,"
Numbers 31:34 - "And threescore and one thousand asses,"
Numbers 31:44 - "And thirty and six thousand beeves,"
Numbers 14:32 - "But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness."
Numbers 31:1 - "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 31:25 - "¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 32:37 - "And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,"
Numbers 26:32 - "And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites."
Numbers 32:34 - "¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,"
Numbers 31:45 - "And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,"
Numbers 21:31 - "¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites."
Numbers 26:31 - "And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:"