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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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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), to emphasize what
follows.
INCREASE. a crew, multitude, or brood.
SINFUL. Hebrew. _chat'a._ App-44....
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AND MOSES SAID, &C.— Those two tribes had applied to Moses for a
settlement in the country where they were, and desired that they might
not be _brought over Jordan,_ Numbers 32:5. This justly irritate...
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F. REBUKE BY MOSES vv. 6-15
TEXT
Numbers 32:6. And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the
children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit
here? 7. And wherefore discourage...
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_AND WHEREFORE DISCOURAGE YE THE HEART OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM
GOING OVER INTO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD HATH GIVEN THEM?_
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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וְ הִנֵּ֣ה קַמְתֶּ֗ם תַּ֚חַת
אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תַּרְבּ֖וּת...
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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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We may in some measure account for the feelings of the man of GOD. He
had earnestly requested that he might see the good land, and that the
LORD would give him to enjoy it. And the Reubenites, and the...
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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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14._And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead. _He
signifies that, by their evil doings, they were “filling up the
measure” of their fathers, as Jesus spoke of the Jews of His own
time. In t...
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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, BEHOLD, YE ARE RISEN UP IN YOUR FATHERS' STEAD,.... Succeeded
them in their families, of which they were now the heads; and in their
substance, their flocks, and herds; and he suggests also, in t...
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And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Ver. 14. _An increase of sinful men._] A race of rebels; nei...
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_Caleb the Kenezite_ So called from Kenaz, one of his eminent
ancestors. _An increase of sinful men_ Succeeding your fathers, as in
their places, so also in their sins; imitating the unbelieving spies...
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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, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers stead, an increase of
sinful men, a brood carrying on the tradition of your fathers, TO
AUGMENT YET THE FIERCE ANGER OF THE LORD TOWARD ISRAEL....
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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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6-15 The proposal showed disregard to the land of Canaan, distrust of
the Lord's promise, and unwillingness to encounter the difficulties
and dangers of conquering and driving out the inhabitants of...
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Succeeding your fathers, as in their places and estates, so also in
their sins....
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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 32:14 risen H6965 (H8804) fathers H1 brood H8635 sinful H2400
men H582 increase H5595 (H8800) fierce...
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MOSES REMINDS THEM THAT YAHWEH WILL CAST THEM FROM THE LAND IF THEY
HESITATE TO ENTER IT, AS HE DID BEFORE (NUMBERS 32:10).
Numbers 32:10
“ And Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore,...
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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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_Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?_
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel?
THE EXPOSTULATION OF MOSES
1. He shows them what he apprehended to be evil in...
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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 32:6 Moses summarizes the spy episode (see
chs. Numbers 13:1). He sees Reuben and Gad’s proposal as provoking
God to abandon Israel entirely ...
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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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Acts 7:51; Acts 7:52; Deuteronomy 1:34; Deuteronomy 1:35; Ezekiel
20:21