“ And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, ”
The Reubenites established themselves more compactly than the Gadites. Elcalch (el-’Al) a mile to the northeast; Nebo (Nebbeh) probably three miles to the southwest; Baal-meon (Main) nearly two mil...
A List of Towns built ( or rebuilt ) by Gad and Reuben. The towns here assigned to Reuben form a group within the territory of Gad, for the most northerly and the most southerly of the places na...
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, Heshbon - now Hesban. Elealeh (the high) - now Elaal. Kirjathaim - the double city.
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 assigne...
2. SETTLEMENT Numbers 32:1-42 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 fir...
Warning against Forsaking Their Brethren Numbers 32:20-42 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...
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...
The reason of the change of names was most probably to observe that precept, that the children of Israel should not make mention of the names of the gods of the heathen about them; and their cities w...
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim. Heshbon was the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and Elealeh was within a mile of it, see Numbers 32:3 , this shows...
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 possessio...
Inheritance of the Reubenites. B. C. 1452. 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Land of the Amorites in Transjordan Is Given To The Two Tribes and the Half Tribe of Manasseh ( Numbers 32:33-42 ). The fulfilment of the treaty was now confirmed with the additional informati...
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...
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 he...
EXPOSITION THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES BEYOND JORDAN ( Numbers 32:1-4 ). Numbers 32:1 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad. Reuben and Gad had both been camped on t...
The Petition Granted with the Proposed Condition
Isaiah 15:4 ; Numbers 21:27 ; Numbers 32:3