Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:18
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
6-19. Moses said unto the childrenof Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war,and shall ye sit hereTheir language was ambiguous; and Moses,suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme ofself-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live inease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionateremonstrance. Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawalfrom all share in the war of invasion, or the effect of theirleader’s expostulation was to drive them from their original purpose,they now, in answer to his impressive appeal, declared it to be theirsincere intention to co-operate with their brethren; but, if so, theyought to have been more explicit at first.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
We will not return unto our houses,…. In the cities built or repaired by them, or to their families, and their substance, their flocks and their herds; all which they should leave behind them, and never think of returning to them:
until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance; until all the tribes were settled in their respective places, and every family and everyone in them had their portion assigned them; and accordingly they did not return until the land was wholly subdued, nor even until every lot came up, and the land was divided by it, and the inheritance of the several tribes fixed, and even the cities of the Levites assigned to them out of the several tribes; see Jos 22:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
18. We will not return until They kept their promise, and fought bravely in the national army during seven years. Jos 22:2-3, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
will not return. Promise fulfilled (Jos 22:3, Jos 22:4).
man. Hebrew. ‘ish (App-14).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jos 22:4, Jos 22:5
Reciprocal: Jos 22:1 – Joshua Jer 12:15 – heritage
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 32:18. We will not return to our houses, &c. Herein they showed both faith in God and love to their brethren, thus to go in the front of the battle, and generously risk their lives against such powerful enemies, without any further benefit to themselves, leaving their weak families behind them to the divine protection.