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, and propose conditions, with which_ _Moses is satisfied-they are to build cities for their wives an... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 32:3. _ATAROTH, AND DIBON, C._] The places mentioned here belonged to Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, which being conquered by the Israelites, constituted ever after a part of their territories, Numbers 32:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 32:5. _LET THIS LAND BE GIVEN UNTO THY SERVANTS_] Because it was good for _pasturage_, and they had many _flocks_, Numbers 32:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 32:12. _CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH THE KENEZITE_] It was Jephunneh that was the Kenezite, and not Caleb. Kenaz was probably the _father_ of Jephunneh.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 32:16. _WE WILL BUILD - CITIES FOR OUR LITTLE ONES_] It was impossible for these, numerous as they might be, to build cities and fortify them for the defence of their families in their absence. Calmet supposes they meant no more than _repairing_ the cities of the Amorites which they ha... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 32:17. _BECAUSE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND._] These were the Ammonites, Moabites, Idumeans, and the remains of the Midianites and Amorites. But could the women and children even keep the defenced cities, when placed in them? This certainly cannot be supposed possible. Many of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 32:34. _THE CHILDREN OF GAD BUILT - AROER_] This was situated on the river Arnon, Deuteronomy 2:36; 2 Kings 10:33. It was formerly inhabited by the Emim, a warlike and perhaps gigantic people. They were expelled by the Moabites; the Moabites by the Amorites; and the Amorites by the Is... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 32:38. _AND NEBO - THEIR NAMES BEING CHANGED_] That is, Those who conquered the cities called them after their own names. Thus the city _Kenath_, being conquered by _Nobah_, was called after his name, Numbers 32:42.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 41. _HAVOTH-JAIR._] That is, the _villages_ or _habitations of Jair_; and thus they should have been translated. As these two tribes and a half were the _first_, says Ainsworth, who had their inheritance assigned to them in the promised land, so they were the first of all Israel that were carr... [ Continue Reading ]