Numbers 32:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gavee other names unto the cities which they builded. ”

Numbers 32:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Numbers 32:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 32:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. And Nebo - their names being changed - That is, Those who conquered the citi...
Numbers 32:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:38 . ( Their names being changed )— The Israelites might judge it proper to change the names of these places, in order to abolish all the footsteps of idolatry in the country; though...
Numbers 32:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. Nebo - now Neba, near the mountain of that name (cf. 1 Chronicles 5...
Numbers 32:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 32:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Numbers 32:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Numbers 32:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 32:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Numbers 32:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) .... For Nebo was the name of an idol, after which perhaps the city was called: Baalmeon signifies "Baal's habitation", and where it is highly pr...
Numbers 32:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. Ver. 38. Their names being changed. ] Out of detestation of those idols,...
Numbers 32:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Their names being changed Conquerors of places have been wont to change their names. But as the Israelites were forbidden to mention the names of other gods , and as these places, it seems had the...
Numbers 32:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 32:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Inheritance of the Reubenites. B. C. 1452. 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar...
Numbers 32:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nebo; of which city see Deuteronomy 34:1 Jeremiah 48:1 . Their names being changed; either because conquerors of places use to do so; or because the names of other gods (which Nebo and Baa...
Numbers 32:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 32:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 32:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 32:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

Their names being changed Changes of name Many persons live in names. This is fatal to the grasp of complete truth and relation. The poet asks, “What’s in a name?” The name of a friend may be...
Numbers 32:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Numbers 32:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Petition Granted with the Proposed Condition
Numbers 32:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 23:13 ; Genesis 26:18 ; Isaiah 46:1 ; Joshua 23:7 ; Numbers 22:41 ; Numbers 32:3 ; Psalms 16:4
Numbers 32:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Their names changed — Either because conquerers of places used to do so: or because the names of other Gods (which Nebo and Baal — meon unquestionably were) were not to be mentioned, Exodus 23:13...

Numbers 32:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 32:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 32:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 32:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 32:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 32:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 32:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 32:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 32:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 32:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 32:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 32:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes