Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Numbers 32:4
Which the Lord smote before the congregation, and gave to them for a possession, in the same manner as he will give the land of Canaan.
Which the Lord smote before the congregation, and gave to them for a possession, in the same manner as he will give the land of Canaan.
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)
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. IS. Heb "it [is]"....
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...
_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....
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...
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
הָ אָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִ פְנֵי֙
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EVEN THE COUNTY WHICH THE LORD SMOTE BEFORE THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL,.... In which the above cities were, and perhaps some others not named: this was now in the hands of the people of Israel, being...
_Which the Lord smote_ That is, whose inhabitants we, by God's peculiar aid, routed and destroyed: Deuteronomy 2:33, compared with the history of this victory, Numbers 21....
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...
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;...
THE PETITION OF THE REUBENITES AND GADITES...
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...
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...
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...
Numbers 32:4 country H776 LORD H3068 defeated H5221 (H8689) before H6440 congregation H5712 Israel H3478 land H776 live
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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
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...
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
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...
Deuteronomy 2:24; Numbers 21:24; Numbers 21:34...