_NOW THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD HAD A VERY GREAT MULTITUDE OF CATTLE: AND WHEN THEY SAW THE LAND OF JAZER, AND THE LAND OF GILEAD, THAT, BEHOLD, THE PLACE WAS A PLACE FOR CATTLE;_ The land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. A complete conquest had been made of the country east of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN CAME AND SPAKE UNTO MOSES, AND TO ELEAZAR THE PRIEST, AND UNTO THE PRINCES OF THE CONGREGATION, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND TO THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, SHALL YOUR BRETHREN GO TO WAR, AND SHALL YE SIT HERE?_ Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Their language was ambiguous, and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief-a scheme of self-policy... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEREFORE DISCOURAGE YE THE HEART OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM GOING OVER INTO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD HATH GIVEN THEM?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY CAME NEAR UNTO HIM, AND SAID, WE WILL BUILD SHEEPFOLDS HERE FOR OUR CATTLE, AND CITIES FOR OUR LITTLE ONES:_ They came near. The narrative gives a picturesque description of this scene. The suppliants had shrunk back, dreading, from the undisguised emotions of their leader, that their req... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT WE OURSELVES WILL GO READY ARMED BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, UNTIL WE HAVE BROUGHT THEM UNTO THEIR PLACE: AND OUR LITTLE ONES SHALL DWELL IN THE FENCED CITIES BECAUSE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND._ Because of the inhabitants of the land. There was good policy in leaving a sufficient force... [ Continue Reading ]
_WE WILL NOT RETURN UNTO OUR HOUSES, UNTIL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE INHERITED EVERY MAN HIS INHERITANCE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO THEM, IF YE WILL DO THIS THING, IF YE WILL GO ARMED BEFORE THE LORD TO WAR,_ If ye will do this thing - with sincerity and zeal. YE WILL GO ARMED - i:e., all of you in a collective body, or as many as may be deemed necessary, while the rest of your number shall remain at home... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WILL GO ALL OF YOU ARMED OVER JORDAN BEFORE THE LORD, UNTIL HE HATH DRIVEN OUT HIS ENEMIES FROM BEFORE HIM,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO CONCERNING THEM MOSES COMMANDED ELEAZAR THE PRIEST, AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN, AND THE CHIEF FATHERS OF THE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL:_ Concerning them Moses commanded. The arrangement itself, as well as the express terms on which he assented to it, was announced by the leader to the pub... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO THEM, IF THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN WILL PASS WITH YOU OVER JORDAN, EVERY MAN ARMED TO BATTLE, BEFORE THE LORD, AND THE LAND SHALL BE SUBDUED BEFORE YOU; THEN YE SHALL GIVE THEM THE LAND OF GILEAD FOR A POSSESSION:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES GAVE UNTO THEM, EVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF GAD, AND TO THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, AND UNTO HALF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH THE SON OF JOSEPH, THE KINGDOM OF SIHON KING OF THE AMORITES, AND THE KINGDOM OF OG KING OF BASHAN, THE LAND, WITH THE CITIES THEREOF IN THE COASTS, EVEN THE CITIES OF THE COUNT... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD BUILT DIBON, AND ATAROTH, AND AROER,_ The children of Gad built - (see the note at Numbers 32:16). DIBON - identified with the extensive ruins called Dhiban, three miles north of the Arnon (Mojeb). ATAROTH - crowns. There are several towns so called in Scripture; but th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ATROTH, SHOPHAN, AND JAAZER, AND JOGBEHAH,_ Atroth, Shophan - or Zaphon (Joshua 13:27). The English translation after the Vulgate, which has Etroth et Sophan, makes Ataroth and Shophan different places, whereas Shophan seems added to the former to distinguish it from the other Ataroth [Septuag... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BETHNIMRAH, AND BETHHARAN, FENCED CITIES: AND FOLDS FOR SHEEP._ Beth-nimrah - now Nimrin.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN BUILT HESHBON, AND ELEALEH, AND KIRJATHAIM,_ Heshbon - now Hesban. ELEALEH (the high) - now Elaal. KIRJATHAIM - the double city.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NEBO, AND BAALMEON, (THEIR NAMES BEING CHANGED,) AND SHIBMAH: AND GAVE OTHER NAMES UNTO THE CITIES WHICH THEY BUILDED._ Nebo - now Neba, near the mountain of that name (cf. 1 Chronicles 5:8; 1 Chronicles 15:2; Jeremiah 48:1). BAAL-MEON - now Main, in ruins, situated on an eminence where was... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF MACHIR THE SON OF MANASSEH WENT TO GILEAD, AND TOOK IT, AND DISPOSSESSED THE AMORITE WHICH WAS IN IT._ Gilead - now Jelud.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES GAVE GILEAD UNTO MACHIR THE SON OF MANASSEH; AND HE DWELT THEREIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JAIR THE SON OF MANASSEH WENT AND TOOK THE SMALL TOWNS THEREOF, AND CALLED THEM HAVOTHJAIR._ Havoth-jair - i:e., tent-villages. Jair, who captured them, was a descendant of Manasseh on the mother's side (1 Chronicles 2:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOBAH WENT AND TOOK KENATH, AND THE VILLAGES THEREOF, AND CALLED IT NOBAH, AFTER HIS OWN NAME._ Nobah - also a distinguished person connected with the eastern branch of this tribe. In the rich and extensive provinces of Gilead and Bashan these tribes found ample room for all their numbers, bot... [ Continue Reading ]