Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Numbers 32:1
Jazer — A city and country of the Amorites; Gilead — A mountainous country, famous for pasturage
Jazer — A city and country of the Amorites; Gilead — A mountainous country, famous for pasturage
CHAPTER XXXII _The Reubenites and Gadites request Moses to give them their_ _inheritance on this side of Jordan_, 1-5. _Moses expostulates with and reproves them_, 6-15. _They explain themselves,...
JAZER - Compare the marginal reference. This district, although included in the land of Gilead, seems to have had special attractions for the Israelite settlers. All travelers in Gilead, the modern Be...
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...
CHILDREN. sons. CATTLE. In Hebrew this verse begins and ends with the word "cattle". Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), to emphasise the first cause of this division. BEHOLD. Figure of speech...
_the land of Jazer_ Jazer always appears, elsewhere, as the name not of a district but of a town (see Numbers 32:3_; Numbers 32:35_and notes on Numbers 21:24;...
NOW THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, &C.— These tribes, abounding in the largest stock of cattle, and desirous to be established, cast their eyes upon the country of Jazer and Gilead, lately taken from the two...
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...
_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 LAND OF GILEAD, THAT, BEHOLD, THE PLACE WAS A PLACE FOR CATTLE;_...
Gilead lay to the S. and W. of Bashan, and shared the characteristic fertility of that region: see on Numbers 21:33. 6-15. Moses understands their request as indicating a disinclination on the part of...
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
XXXII. (1) NOW THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD... — These tribes had occupied a contiguous position in their encampments for the space of thirty-eight years (Numbers 2:10; Numbers 2:14...
וּ מִקְנֶ֣ה ׀ רַ֗ב הָיָ֞ה לִ בְנֵ֧י רְאוּבֵ֛ן
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...
Now the children of (a) Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of (b) Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for...
CONTENTS In this Chapter the history of Israel is pursued. Here is an account of the desire of the Reubenites, and Gadites, to settle on this side Jordan: Moses reproves the thought; as if they wishe...
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...
1._Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad. _In this narrative we behold, as in a glass, that whilst each individual is but too attentive to his own private interests, he forgets what is ju...
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...
NOW THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD HAD A VERY GREAT MULTITUDE OF CATTLE,.... By which it seems that they had more in proportion than any of the other tribes; by what means it is not ea...
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 land of Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;...
_The land of Jazer_ A city and country of the Amorites. _Gilead _ A mountainous country, famous for pasturage. These countries were lately taken from the two Amorite princes, Sihon and Og, (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...
THE PETITION OF THE REUBENITES AND GADITES...
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, a...
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...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 32 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on that side Jordan, as being fit for cattle, NUMBERS 32:1. Moses reproves them as discouraging the people, and herein following...
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 32:1 children H1121 Reuben H7205 children H1121 Gad H1410 very H3966 great H6099 multitude H7227 livestock H4735
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...
THE REUBENITES The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh, who chose their inheritance just outside the land, are types of world-borderers -- carnal Christians. What their descendants were w...
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...
1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 24:5; Genesis 13:10; Genesis 13:11; Genesis 13:2