Numbers 32:18

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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הִתְנַחֵל֙

nâchal

H5157

“to inherit”

Verb, Hithpael, Infinitive Construct

Appears 59× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 23:30

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 1342

to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess - (Qal) - to take possession, inherit - to have or get as a possession or property (figuratively) - to divide the land for a possession - to acquire (testimonies) (figuratively) - (Piel) to divide for a possession - (Hithpael) to possess oneself of - (Hiphil) - to give as a possession - to cause to inherit, give as an inheritance - (Hophal) to be allotted, be made to possess

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

10: words
10: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הִתְנַחֵל֙ to inherit H5157 occurs in 57 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
5 nouns
2 prepositions
1 particle

Verb forms

נָשׁ֖וּב Qal · Imperfect
הִתְנַחֵל֙ Hithpael · Infinitive Construct

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 21 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 10 Hebrew tokens and 18 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 32:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Joshua 22:1–5 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 32:18 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

לֹ֥א נָשׁ֖וּב אֶל בָּתֵּ֑ינוּ עַ֗ד הִתְנַחֵל֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִ֖ישׁ נַחֲלָתֽוֹ

We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 32:18 Septuagint · lemma form

οὐ μή ἀποστρέφω εἰς ὁ οἰκία ἐγώ ἕως ἄν καταμερίζω ὁ υἱός ἰσραήλ ἕκαστος εἰς ὁ κληρονομία αὐτός

We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

לָא נְתוּב לְבֵיתָנָא עַד דְיַחְסְנוּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל גְבַר אַחֲסַנְתֵּיהּ

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

לָא נְתוּב לְבָתָּנָא עַד דְיַחְסְנוּן בְּנֵי יִשְרָאֵל גְבַר אַחֲסַנְתֵּיהּ

We will not return to our homes until the sons of Israel possess every one his inheritance.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 32:18 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Joseph Benson's Commentary

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.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward,.... This they said, not as being determined whether Moses and the princes were willing or not to stay where they were, and not pass over Jordan to inherit any part there, and much less as despising the good land, but as giving up all pretensions to it, should they be settled where they desired; they were not of that selfish and covetous disposition as to desire any part on the other side Jordan, if it was but granted them to continue on this side, and possess the land they requested:

because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward; they seem to speak as if they were assured of it, and that it was so ordered by divine Providence, and wanted nothing but the consent of Moses, and the princes of the congregation.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

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.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

The leaders of Gad and Reuben continue speaking.

has obtained his inheritance

The land that the people were to receive as a permanent possession is spoken of as if it were an inheritance that they were to obtain. AT: "has taken possession of his portion of the land" (See: Metaphor)

translationWords

inherit

Jordan River

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 10 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is nâchal (“to inherit”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to inherit” (nâchal) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Exodus 23:30 shares the word «to inherit» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «נָשׁ֖וּב» is Qal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 10 Hebrew ↔ 18 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 10 words in this verse.