Numbers 32:12

The Kenezite - Kenaz Genesis 36:11 was the name of one of the “dukes of Edom:” but Israel and Edom were of kindred origin, and the use of similar names by the two peoples is not surprising.

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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 d...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenez...
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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite— Commentators seem to have mistaken this matter, in supposing that Caleb is called the Kenezite: this...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? No JFB commenta...
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 Gi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For they have wholly followed the Lord. — See Numbers 14:24 .
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 t...
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, man...
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...
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 woul...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun ,.... See Numbers 14:30 , whether Caleb or Jephunneh is called the Kenezite...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Caleb the Kenezite So called from Kenaz, one of his eminent ancestors. An increase of sinful men Succeeding your fathers, as in their places, so...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Request of the Reubenites. B. C. 1452. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Kenezite; so called from Kenaz , his grandfather, or one of his eminent ancestors, Joshua 15:17 1 Chronicles 4:13-15 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Moses Reminds Them That Yahweh Will Cast Them From The Land If They Hesitate To Enter It, As He Did Before ( Numbers 32:10-15 ). Numbers 32:10...
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 t...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel? The expostulation of Mose...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, the Eenezite, and Joshua, the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed the Lord.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:36 ; Joshua 14:8 ; Joshua 14:9 ; Numbers 14:24 ; Numbers 14:30 ; Numbers 26:65
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Kenezite — So called from Kenaz, his grand — father.

¹² Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 32:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 32:12