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 cattle, so it must have seemed a good idea for some of the Israelites to settle there. However, since Tra... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 32:3 These towns were part of Sihon’s territory (see Numbers 21:2). Later they became part of the land of Reuben and Gad (Numbers 32:34). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 (Numbers 32:15). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 32:23 YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT, that is, “you will suffer for your sin.” God will not endure unfaithfulness among his people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 32:34 DIBON and AROER later belonged to Reuben (Joshua 13:16). Heshbon (Numbers 32:37) would belong to GAD (Joshua 21:39). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 32:40 The settlement of MANASSEH in northern GILEAD (see also Joshua 13:29) seems to have caused less trouble than the settlement of Reuben and Gad in southern Gilead. This may have been because northern Gilead was within the boundaries of Canaan (see Numbers 34:1). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]