Numbers 32:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. ”

Numbers 32:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 ( Numbe...
Numbers 32:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. Let this land be given unto thy servants - Becaus...
Numbers 32:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, No JFB commentary on these verses.
Numbers 32:5 - 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 32:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bring us not over Jordan. — These words may be understood either simply as a request that the inheritance of the speakers might be assigned to them on the eastern side of the Jordan, or, as they ap...
Numbers 32:5 - 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 32:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Inheritance beyond Jordan Numbers 32:1-19 Reuben and Gad were contiguous to each other when the host encamped. They had, therefore, many opportunities for conference, and finally united...
Numbers 32:5 - 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 32:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There can be no question but that those plains of Moab were most fruitful and desirable situations. But alas! what are the plains of Moab to the land of Judah, which is the glory of all lands. In lik...
Numbers 32:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight ,.... Directing their speech to Moses, the ruler of the congregation, in a very modest, decent, and respectable manner: let this land be g...
Numbers 32:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, [and] bring us not over Jordan. Ver. 5. Let this land be given unto thy servan...
Numbers 32:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bring us not over Jordan To give us our possession there; but let this land, on this side Jordan, be our whole possession. Shall ye sit here? In ease and peace, while your brethren are engaged in...
Numbers 32:5 - 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 32:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Request of the Reubenites. B. C. 1452. 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children...
Numbers 32:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, to give us our possession there, but let this land on this side Jordan be our whole possession.
Numbers 32:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 32. The First Settlement Of Tribes of Israel. We do not know at what stage this approach took place, but it must have been at an early one for Manasseh/Machir are not mentioned. They woul...
Numbers 32:5 - 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 32:5 - 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 32:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, came and spake unto Moses. The selfish request of the Reubenites and Gadites I. Mean selfishness. In the competitions of business and of profess...
Numbers 32:5 - 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 32:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites
Numbers 32:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:3 ; 2 Samuel 14:22 ; Deuteronomy 1:37 ; Deuteronomy 3:25 ; Deuteronomy 3:26 ; Esther 5:2 ; Genesis 19:19 ; Jeremiah 31:2 ; Joshua 7:7 ; Ruth 2:10

Numbers 32:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 32:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 32:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 32:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 32:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 32:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 32:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 32:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 32:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 32:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 32:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge