Numbers 32:1-19
THE PETITION OF THE REUBENITES AND GADITES... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PETITION OF THE REUBENITES AND GADITES... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle, having apparently gained great wealth in this respect by the recent conquests of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; AND WHEN THEY SAW THE LAND OF JAZER AND THE LAND OF GILEAD, THAT, BEHOLD, THE... [ 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,... [ Continue Reading ]
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,... [ Continue Reading ]
even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, a very rich and fertile country, especially for purposes of stock-raising, AND THY SERVANTS HAVE CATTLE;... [ Continue Reading ]
wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. Even if this request was made in consequence of the supposition that the other tribes would be fully able to conquer the land west of the Jordan, the re... [ 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? To think of enjoying peace, security, and plenty while the other tribes were still engaged in warfare did not give evidence of much brotherly feeling.... [ Continue Reading ]
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, make their heart heavy with apprehension and fear, FROM GOING OVER INTO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD HATH GIVEN THEM? For this effect their action was likely to have, to turn or hold away the hearts of the people, to make them unwilling, to... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus did your fathers, the spies, WHEN I SENT THEM FROM KADESH-BARNEA TO SEE THE LAND.... [ Continue Reading ]
For when they went up into the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, turned it away from the Lord by filling it with fear, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT GO INTO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD HAD GIVEN THEM. Cf Numbers 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and He sware, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, they had not done their full duty in following the Lord;... [ Continue Reading ]
save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, the Eenezite, and Joshua, the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, driving them about, causing them to wander back and forth aimlessly, UNTIL ALL THE GENERATION THAT HAD DONE EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD WAS CONSUMED.... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers stead, an increase of sinful men, a brood carrying on the tradition of your fathers, TO AUGMENT YET THE FIERCE ANGER OF THE LORD TOWARD ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness, that would be the consequence of their refusal to take part in the conquest of Canaan proper, AND YE SHALL DESTROY ALL THIS PEOPLE, the entire nation would suffer as a result of their willfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they came near unto him, to show that they had a good conscience, and that they were perfectly willing to amend their first thoughtless and selfish proposition, and said, WE WILL BUILD SHEEPFOLDS HERE FOR OUR CATTLE AND CITIES FOR OUR LITTLE ONES, rebuild and fortify the towns for their wives an... [ Continue Reading ]
but we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, they would arm themselves in haste and act as a vanguard of champions before the army of Israel, UNTIL WE HAVE BROUGHT THEM UNTO THEIR PLACE, until every tribe has secured its possession; AND OUR LITTLE ONES SHALL DWELL IN THE FENCE... [ Continue Reading ]
We will not return unto our houses until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.... [ Continue Reading ]
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan or forward, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward, toward sun-rising. These two tribes, therefore, in a manner of speaking, would not receive a clear title to the land for which they asked until they had fulfilled... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PETITION GRANTED WITH THE PROPOSED CONDITION... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,... [ Continue Reading ]
and will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him, the matter was to be performed in good faith, in solemn earnestness, as before the face of Jehovah, with His eyes resting upon them,... [ Continue Reading ]
and the land be subdued before the Lord, then, afterward, ye shall return and be guiltless before the Lord and before Israel, since they would then have fulfilled all the obligations resting upon them as members of the Lord's people; AND THIS LAND SHALL BE YOUR POSSESSION BEFORE THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
But if ye will not do so, refusing to fulfill the duty which lay before them so plainly, BEHOLD, YE HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD; AND BE SURE YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT, its punishment would surely strike them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Build you cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth, they should keep the promise which they had made of their own free will.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.... [ Continue Reading ]
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle shall be there in the cities of Gilead;... [ Continue Reading ]
but thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.... [ 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, since Moses knew that he himself would not live to see the accomplishment of the agreement;... [ 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, who still accompanied the host, AND THE LAND SHALL BE SUBDUED BEFORE YOU, THEN YE SHALL GIVE THEM THE LAND OF GILEAD FOR A POSSESSION, which they we... [ Continue Reading ]
but it they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. The text seems to imply that the two tribes would lose their identity in that case, their status as two separate and distinct tribes, their members being distributed among the other tribes of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do, thus declaring their willingness to accept the terms as stated.... [ Continue Reading ]
We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of Jordan may be ours, for the possession of it was actually dependent upon their fulfilling the condition.... [ 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, this tribe thus being recognized as having equal claims with the other two, THE KINGDOM OF SIHON, KING OF THE AMORITES, AND THE KINGDOM OF OG, KING OF BASHAN, T... [ Continue Reading ]
And. the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,... [ Continue Reading ]
and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,... [ Continue Reading ]
and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities; and folds, walled corals, FOR SHEEP.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, the city which had been the capital of Sihon, AND ELEALEH, AND KIRJATHAIM,... [ Continue Reading ]
and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah; and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. Some of these cities have been located more or less exactly, while the location of others is altogether a matter of conjecture; but they were all in the territory east of the J... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went, had gone, AND TOOK THE SMALL TOWNS THEREOF, AND CALLED THEM HAVOTH-JAIR.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Nobah went, had gone, and took Kenath and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. Cf Deuteronomy 3:4; 1 Chronicles 2:22, where we learn that Jair was the leader in these expeditions, that he himself took twenty-three cities, and that the total number of towns with their su... [ Continue Reading ]