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Verse Numbers 32:5. _LET THIS LAND BE GIVEN UNTO THY SERVANTS_]
Because it was good for _pasturage_, and they had many _flocks_,
Numbers 32:1....
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8. THE TRIBES OF REUBEN, GAD, HALF-MANASSEH AND THEIR PORTION
CHAPTER 32
_ 1. The petition of Reuben and Gad (Numbers 32:1)_
2. The rebuke by Moses (Numbers 32:6)
3. Their answer (Numbers 32:16)
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A REQUEST BY REUBEN AND GAD FOR PERMISSION TO SETTLE ON THE E. OF
JORDAN. The character of the high moorland S. of the Jabbok still
bears out the description of it as suitable for pasturage (Numbers
3...
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E. REQUEST OF GAD AND REUBEN (NUMBERS 32:1-5)
TEXT
Numbers 32:1. 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...
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_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....
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ALLOTMENT OF TERRITORY TO THE TRIBES OF GAD AND REUBEN AND THE
HALFTRIBE OF MANASSEH
1-5. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request that the land of Gilead
lying on the E. side of the Jordan be assigned to...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 32
THE LAND EAST OF THE JORDAN RIVER – NUMBERS 32:1-42
V1 Reuben’s *tribe and Gad’s *tribe owned many cows
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BRING US NOT OVER JORDAN. — These words may be understood either
simply as a request that the inheritance of the speakers might be
assigned to them on the eastern side of the Jordan, or, as they appea...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֗וּ אִם ־מָצָ֤אנוּ חֵן֙ בְּ
עֵינֶ֔י
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2. SETTLEMENT
Numbers 32:1
The request of the men of Reuben and Gad that they should be allowed
to settle on the eastern side of Jordan in the land of Jazer and the
land of Gilead was at first refuse...
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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 askin...
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We have here the record of what without doubt was a wrong committed by
two and a half tribes, of Moses' failure in judgment, and,
consequently, of a grave mistake.
Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of M...
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_Jordan. They are a figure of those who would possess heaven without
labour. But none is crowned, except he strive lawfully, 2 Timothy ii.
5. (Worthington)_...
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There can be no question but that those plains of Moab were most
fruitful and desirable situations. But alas! what are the plains of
Moab to the land of Judah, which is the glory of all lands. In like...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 AND 33.
There is another thing connected with this: if we have occasioned wars
out of Canaan, it is also through the indispensable wars of the people
of Go...
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WHEREFORE, SAID THEY, IF WE HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT,....
Directing their speech to Moses, the ruler of the congregation, in a
very modest, decent, and respectable manner:
LET THIS LAND BE GIVEN...
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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.
Ver. 5. _Let this land be given unto thy servants...
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1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on that side
Iorden.
6 Moses reproueth them.
16 They offer him conditions to his content.
33 Moses assigneth them the land.
39 They conquere...
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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...
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THE PETITION OF THE REUBENITES AND GADITES...
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A PROPOSAL OF COMPROMISE
(vs.1-15)
The children of Israel being now east of the Jordan River, the land
there appealed to the tribes of Reuben and Gad particularly because
they had great possessions o...
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1-5 Here is a proposal made by the Reubenites and Gadites, that the
land lately conquered might be allotted to them. Two things common in
the world might lead these tribes to make this choice; the lu...
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To wit, to give us our possession there, but let this land on this
side Jordan be our whole possession....
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The fact recorded in this chapter has given rise to considerable
discussion. Various have been the opinions advanced in reference to
the conduct of the two tribes and a half. Were they right or were t...
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Numbers 32:5 said H559 (H8799) found H4672 (H8804) favor H2580 sight
H5869 land H776 given H5414 ...
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CHAPTER 32. THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
We do not know at what stage this approach took place, but it must
have been at an early one for Manasseh/Machir are not mentioned. They
would com...
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CONTENTS: The choice of the world-borderers.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Caleb, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: Would we choose our portion aright we must look above the
things which are seen otherwise we will be g...
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Numbers 32:12. _Save Caleb the Kenezite._ Kenaz was probably Caleb's
grandfather. This solves all the difficulty in this passage. Raguel is
called the father of Moses' wife, and he was evidently her
g...
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_The children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, came and spake unto
Moses._
THE SELFISH REQUEST OF THE REUBENITES AND GADITES
I. Mean selfishness. In the competitions of business and of
profession...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 32:1__ The conquest of the kings of
Transjordan, Sihon and Og, was described in ch. Numbers 21:1. The high
hills (2,500 feet [762 m]) of Transjordan were good for raising ca
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
In this chapter we have the account of the allotment of the territory
conquered by Israel on the east of the Jordan to the tribes of Reuben
and Gad, and the half tribe...
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EXPOSITION
THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES BEYOND JORDAN (Numbers 32:1).
NUMBERS 32:1
THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD. Reuben and
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Now as we get into chapter thirty-two, we find that Reuben, that is
the tribe of Reuben, and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh came
to Moses and they said, "Hey, we are quite content to stay in t...
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1 Samuel 20:3; 2 Samuel 14:22; Deuteronomy 1:37; Deuteronomy 3:25;...