SEEKING INHERITANCE BEYOND JORDAN
Numbers 32:1
Reuben and Gad were contiguous to each other when the host encamped.
They had, therefore, many opportunities for conference, and finally
united in asking permission to settle on the east of Jordan, where
vast tracks of pasturage were eminently suited... [ Continue Reading ]
WARNING AGAINST FORSAKING THEIR BRETHREN
Numbers 32:20
These two and a half tribes never entered the national life, as did
those on the other side of Jordan. They were far from the center of
religious life, first at Shiloh and then at Jerusalem. On them first
the tide of invasion broke, sweeping t... [ Continue Reading ]