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KENATH - Now Kenawat, an important site near the southern extremity of
the tract el-Lejah, and on the western slopes of the mountains of the
Hauran. The name given to it by its conqueror, as in other...
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THE SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN MANASSITES IN GILEAD. This is a fragment
relating to a period later than the Mosaic age. Machir was a Manassite
clan, and Jair and Nobah (Numbers 32:41 f.) were probably subd...
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VILLAGES. Hebrew daughters; depending on the mother or metropolitan
city. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6)....
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_And Nobah went and took Kenath_ The clan Nobah appears to have given
its name to a place, which is mentioned with Jogbehah (see Numbers
32:35) in Judges 8:11. Kenath is identified by Euseb. and Jerom...
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I. CITIES BUILT OR TAKEN IN THE LAND vv. 34-42
TEXT
Numbers 32:34. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and
Aroer, 35. And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36. And
Beth-nimrah,...
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_AND NOBAH WENT AND TOOK KENATH, AND THE VILLAGES THEREOF, AND CALLED
IT NOBAH, AFTER HIS OWN NAME._
Nobah - also a distinguished person connected with the eastern branch
of this tribe. In the rich a...
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32:42 villages, (a-10) Lit. 'its daughters,' as ch. 21.25....
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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 נֹ֣בַח הָלַ֔ךְ וַ יִּלְכֹּ֥ד אֶת
־קְנָ֖ת
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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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_Canath. This town is reckoned among those of Jair, (1 Paralipomenon
ii. 23,) either because Nobe conquered it under his banners, or
because it fell to the share of Jair, after the death of Nobe.
(Cal...
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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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AND NOBAH WENT AND TOOK KENATH, AND THE VILLAGES THEREOF,.... Who this
Nobah was is not certain, very probably a descendant of Manasseh; it
is said u he was among those that were born in Egypt, and di...
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Numbers 32:40 ; NUMBERS 32:42. _Moses gave Gilead unto Machir_ Not to
Machir himself, who doubtless was long since dead, but the family or
posterity of Machir. _Nobah_ Who, though not elsewhere named,...
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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 Nobah went, had gone, and took Kenath and the villages thereof,
and called it Nobah, after his own name. Cf Deuteronomy 3:4; 1
Chronicles 2:22, where we learn that Jair was the leader in these
exp...
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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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NOBAH, who though not elsewhere named, was doubtless an eminent person
of the tribe of Manasseh....
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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 32:42 Nobah H5025 went H1980 (H8804) took H3920 (H8799) Kenath
H7079 villages H1323 called H7121 ...
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THE LAND OF THE AMORITES IN TRANSJORDAN IS GIVEN TO THE TWO TRIBES AND
THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH (NUMBERS 32:33).
The fulfilment of the treaty was now confirmed with the additional
information that U...
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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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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 32:40 The settlement of MANASSEH in northern
GILEAD (see also Joshua 13:29) seems to have caused less tr
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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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Numbers 32:42...
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Nobah — Who, though not else where named, was doubtless an eminent
person of the tribe of Manasseh. 'Tis observable, that these tribes,
as they were placed before the other tribes, so they were displa...