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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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THE REQUEST GRANTED CONDITIONALLY ON THEIR TAKING PART IN THE CONQUEST
OF W. CANAAN. The assistance rendered by Gad in the conquest of W.
Canaan (see Joshua 1:12) seems to be referred to in Deuteronom...
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ARMED... THEY. Between these two words the Septuagint has "to do
battle before Jehovah, then shall ye bring over their baggage, and
their wives, and their cattle earlier than you into the land of
Cana...
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If they refused to join the rest of Israel in their battles, then, as
a punishment, they must be forced, with their families and flocks, to
live on the west of Jordan....
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BUT IF THEY WILL NOT PASS, &C.— "Then thou shalt compel them to do
so, and assign them, according to lot, their portion in the land of
Canaan." The LXX has it, _then you shall drive before you their
c...
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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 MOSES SAID UNTO THEM, IF THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE CHILDREN OF
REUBEN WILL PASS WITH YOU OVER JORDAN, EVERY MAN ARMED TO BATTLE,
BEFORE THE LORD, AND THE LAND SHALL BE SUBDUED BEFORE YOU; THEN...
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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 אִם ־לֹ֧א יַֽעַבְר֛וּ חֲלוּצִ֖ים
אִתְּכֶ֑ם...
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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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_With you. Septuagint, "armed for war before the Lord; take by force
their baggage, wives and cattle, before you, into Chanaan, and let
them have shares with you in Chanaan." (Haydock)_...
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Observe, Moses having foreknowledge from the word of the LORD, that he
himself should not live to see the event, leaves the business in
charge with his successors. So faithful ministers commit the con...
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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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_They shall have possessions_ They shall forfeit their possessions in
Gilead, and be constrained to go over Jordan, and to seek possessions
there among their brethren. _As the Lord hath said_ Either a...
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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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but it they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan. The text seems to imply
that the two tribes would lose their identity in that case, their
st...
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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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28-42 Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they
built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of
them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be
f...
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They shall forfeit and lose their possessions in Gilead, and shall be
constrained to go over Jordan, and to seek possessions there among
their brethren....
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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 32:30 over H5674 (H8799) armed H2502 (H8803) possessions H270
(H8738) among H8432 land H776 Canaan...
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MOSES CONFIRMS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TRIBES THAT THE SOLDIERS OF
REUBEN AND GAD WILL GO WITH THE OTHER TRIBES (NUMBERS 32:28).
Numbers 32:28
‘ So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the...
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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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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...
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Joshua 22:19...
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They shall have possession — They shall forfeit their possessions in
Gilead, and be constrained to go over Jordan, and to seek possessions
there among their brethren....