Deuteronomy 3:18-20; Joshua 1:13-15; Joshua 22:2-4; Joshua 4:12; Joshua 4:13
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go (f) armed before the LORD to war, (f) Before the Ark of the Lord.
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...
20. And Moses said unto them. Moses might seem to err on the side of excessive good-nature, in that he extends the boundaries prescribed by...
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
If ye will go armed before the Lord— i.e. Before the ark, which was the symbol of the Divine presence; for the three tribes of Reuben, Gad, and S...
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, If ye will do this thing - with sincerity and...
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...
if ye will go armed before the Lord... — The same verb and the same preposition are here used which are used in Numbers 32:17 . It may be inferred...
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...
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 othe...
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...
I include the whole of these verses in one view, because they include the terms of agreement between Moses and the Reubenites and Gadites. The repres...
And Moses said unto them ,.... Being better disposed towards them, and more satisfied with the reasonableness of their request, it being explained u...
Before the Lord Before the ark, which was the token of God's presence. He alludes either to the order of the tribes in their march, whereby Reuben...
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...
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But we ourselves...
Before the Lord; either, 1. Sincerely and heartily, as in God's presence. Or rather, 2. Before the ark, which was the token of God's presence....
Their Going Forward Is Confirmed and Agreed ( Numbers 32:20-23 ). Numbers 32:20-21 ‘And Moses said to them, “If you will do this thing, if you...
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...
Numbers 32:12 . Save Caleb the Kenezite. Kenaz was probably Caleb's grandfather. This solves all the difficulty in this passage. Raguel is called...
We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones. But we ourselves will go ready armed. The amended proposal of the...
EXPOSITION THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES BEYOND JORDAN ( Numbers 32:1-4 ). Numbers 32:1 The children of Reuben and the children...
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,
The Petition Granted with the Proposed Condition
Before the Lord — Before the ark, which was the token of God's presence. He alludes either to the order of the tribes in their march, whereby Reube...
20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,