Numbers 32:16

The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites

32:16 Then they came very close to him and said, “We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families, ¹ 

Numbers 32:21

32:21 and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the Lord until he drives out his enemies from his presence

Joshua 4:12-13

4:12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them. 4:13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops ²  marched past the Lord to fight ³  on the plains of Jericho. ⁴ 

Jude 1:2

1:2 May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you! ⁵ 

Jude 1:11

1:11 Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain’s path, ⁶  and because of greed ⁷  have abandoned themselves ⁸  to ⁹  Balaam’s error; hence, ¹⁰  they will certainly perish ¹¹  in Korah’s rebellion.

¹ tn Heb “our little ones.”

² tn Heb “men equipped for battle.”

³ tn Heb “for war.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵ tn Grk “may mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.”

⁶ tn Or “they have gone the way of Cain.”

⁷ tn Grk “for wages.”

⁸ tn The verb ἐκχέω (ekcew) normally means “pour out.” Here, in the passive, it occasionally has a reflexive idea, as BDAG 312 s.v. 3. suggests (with extra-biblical examples).

⁹ tn Or “in.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “and.” See note on “perish” later in this verse.

¹¹ tn The three verbs in this verse are all aorist indicative (“have gone down,” “have abandoned,” “have perished”). Although the first and second could be considered constative or ingressive, the last is almost surely proleptic (referring to the certainty of their future judgment). Although it may seem odd that a proleptic aorist is so casually connected to other aorists with a different syntactical force, it is not unparalleled (cf. Rom 8:30).