Numbers 32:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? ”

Numbers 32:6 - 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 32:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. And Moses said unto the children of Gad. So sharp and severe a reproof shews us the greatness of the wrong: for neither did inconsiderate warmth carry away Moses into such violent anger,...
Numbers 32:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 182 MOSES REPROVES THE REUBENITES Numbers 32:6-7 . And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? And wh...
Numbers 32:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Numbers 32:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Moses said, &c.— Those two tribes had applied to Moses for a settlement in the country where they were, and desired that they might not be brought over Jordan, Numbers 32:5 . This justly...
Numbers 32:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Their langua...
Numbers 32:6 - 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 32:6 - 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 32:6 - 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 32:6 - 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 32:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We may in some measure account for the feelings of the man of GOD. He had earnestly requested that he might see the good land, and that the LORD would give him to enjoy it. And the Reubenites, and th...
Numbers 32:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben ,.... Being displeased with their motion, as his following discourse shows, it having at first sight an appearance of covetousn...
Numbers 32:6 - 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 32:6 - 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 32:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Request of the Reubenites. B. C. 1452. 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children...
Numbers 32:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In case and peace, whilst your brethren are engaged in a bloody war. Their words were ambiguous, and Moses thought this to be an act of unbelief and sloth and self-love and policy.
Numbers 32:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Moses Is Angry At Them For Discouraging The Other Tribes ( Numbers 32:6-9 ). Numbers 32:6 ‘And Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brethren go to the...
Numbers 32:6 - 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 32:6 - 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 32:6 - 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 32:6 - 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 32:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites
Numbers 32:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:5 ; 2 Samuel 11:11 ; Philippians 2:4
Numbers 32:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye sit here — In ease and peace, while your brethren are engaged in a bloody war.

Numbers 32:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Numbers 32:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 32:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 32:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 32:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 32:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 32:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 32:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 32:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 32:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 32:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes