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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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H. LAND GIVEN TO GAD, REUBEN, AND ONE-HALF OF MANASSEH vv. 20-33
TEXT
Numbers 32:20. And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if
ye will go armed before the Lord to war, 21. And will go all...
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_AND WILL GO ALL OF YOU ARMED OVER JORDAN BEFORE THE LORD, UNTIL HE
HATH DRIVEN OUT HIS ENEMIES FROM BEFORE HIM,_
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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טַפֵּ֣נוּ נָשֵׁ֔ינוּ מִקְנֵ֖נוּ וְ
כָל ־בְּהֶמְתֵּ֑נוּ...
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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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WARNING AGAINST FORSAKING THEIR BRETHREN
Numbers 32:20
These two and a half tribes never entered the national life, as did
those on the other side of Jordan. They were far from the center of
religio...
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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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_Galaad. Only a small part of the territory properly went by that
name, ver. 39. (Calmet)_...
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I include the whole of these verses in one view, because they include
the terms of agreement between Moses and the Reubenites and Gadites.
The representation, which is here given of them, serves to ra...
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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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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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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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Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle shall be
there in the cities of Gilead;...
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THE PETITION GRANTED WITH THE PROPOSED CONDITION...
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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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16-27 Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing
their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without
murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests...
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Largely so called, as that word is oft used, for that whole country
beyond Jordan, as in other places it is taken more strictly for a part
of it, as here below, NUMBERS 32:39,40, and elsewhere....
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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 32:26 ones H2945 wives H802 flocks H4735 livestock H929 cities
H5892 Gilead H1568...
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MOSES PERMITS SETTLEMENT ON THEIR ACCEPTING HIS CONDITIONS (NUMBERS
32:24).
Numbers 32:24
“ Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;
and do what has proceeded out of your mo...
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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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_We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our
little ones._
But we ourselves will go ready armed.
THE AMENDED PROPOSAL OF THE REUBENITES AND GADITES
I. The amended proposal made...
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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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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...