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The cities here named fall into three groups. On Dibon, compare
Numbers 21:19. The Moabite stone was discovered here in 1868. This
city, occupied on the first acquisition of the territory by the
Gadit...
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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 LIST OF TOWNS BUILT ( OR REBUILT) BY GAD AND REUBEN. The towns here
assigned to Reuben form a group within the territory of Gad, for the
most northerly and the most southerly of the places named are...
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Many of these towns have been identified with some probability. But
the list represents a tradition very different from that in Joshua
13:15-28 (P), and must be ultimately derived from an earlier sour...
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AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD BUILT DIBON, &C.— Though the original word
signifies _to build,_ yet there are many examples in which it
signifies to _rebuild;_ 1 Kings 12:25. Exodus 14:22 and in this sense
i...
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I. CITIES BUILT OR TAKEN IN THE LAND vv. 34-42
TEXT
Numbers 32:34. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and
Aroer, 35. And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36. And
Beth-nimrah,...
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_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 no...
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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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AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD BUILT DIBON... Better, _repaired_ or
_fortified._ Some of the cities mentioned in this and the following
verses — as, _e.g.,_ Dibon and Heshbon — are mentioned also in
Numbers...
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וַ יִּבְנ֣וּ בְנֵי ־גָ֔ד אֶת
־דִּיבֹ֖ן וְ
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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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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
religio...
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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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_Built, or repaired; for they had been cities of the Amorrhites
before. --- Aroer was occupied by the Moabites after the Israelites
were led into captivity, Jeremias xlviii. 1, 19._...
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Observe, the children of half the tribe of Manasseh are here included
in this grant....
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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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AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD BUILT,.... Or rather repaired the walls and
fortifications, and rebuilt houses which had been demolished in the
wars with Sihon and Og; when the following places were taken by...
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_Built_ Repaired and fortified. For they neither had need nor leisure
as yet to do more, the old cities not being burned and ruined, as
divers in Canaan were....
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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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And. the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,...
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THE PETITION GRANTED WITH THE PROPOSED CONDITION...
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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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28-42 Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they
built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of
them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be
f...
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i.e. Repaired and fortified, as that word is oft used, as 1 Kings
12:25 2 Kings 14:22 2 Chronicles 8:1, 2 Chronicles 11:5 26:2...
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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 32:34 children H1121 Gad H1410 built H1129 (H8799) Dibon H1769
Ataroth H5852 Aroer H6177
Dibon -...
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THE LAND OF THE AMORITES IN TRANSJORDAN IS GIVEN TO THE TWO TRIBES AND
THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH (NUMBERS 32:33).
The fulfilment of the treaty was now confirmed with the additional
information that U...
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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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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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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 32:34 DIBON and AROER later belonged to
Reuben (Joshua 13:16). Heshbon ...
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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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Deuteronomy 2:36; Isaiah 17:2; Numbers 21:20; Numbers 32:3; Numbers
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Built — Repaired and fortified. For they neither had need nor
leisure as yet to do more, the old cities not being burnt and ruined,
as divers in Canaan were....