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32:16 Then they came very close <05066> to him <0413> and said <0559>, “We will build <01129> sheep <06629> folds <01448> here <06311> for our flocks <04735> and cities <05892> for our families <02945>, 32:17 but we <0587> will maintain <02502> ourselves in armed <02502> readiness <02363> and go before <06440> the Israelites <03478> <01121> until <05704> whenever <0518> <0834> we have brought <0935> them to <0413> their place <04725>. Our descendants <02945> will be living <03427> in fortified <04013> towns <05892> as a protection against <06440> the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>. 32:18 We will not <03808> return <07725> to <0413> our homes <01004> until <05704> every Israelite <03478> <01121> has his inheritance <05159>. 32:19 For <03588> we will not <03808> accept <05157> any inheritance <05157> on <0854> the other side <05676> of the Jordan River <03383> and beyond <01973>, because <03588> our inheritance <05159> has come <0935> to <0413> us on this eastern <04217> side <05676> of the Jordan <03383>.” 32:20 Then Moses <04872> replied <0559>, “If <0518> you will do <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>, and if <0518> you will arm <02502> yourselves for battle <04421> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, 32:21 and if all <03605> your armed men <02502> cross <05674> the Jordan <03383> before <06440> the Lord <03068> until <05704> he drives out <03423> his enemies <0341> from his presence <06440> 32:22 and the land <0776> is subdued <03533> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, then afterward <0310> you may return <07725> and be <01961> free of <05355> your obligation <05355> to the Lord <03068> and to Israel <03478>. This <02063> land <0776> will <01961> then be <01961> your possession <0272> in the Lord’s <03068> sight <06440>. 32:23 “But if <0518> you do not <03808> do <06213> this <03651>, then look <02009>, you will have sinned <02398> against the Lord <03068>. And know <03045> that <0834> your sin <02403> will find <04672> you out. 32:24 So build <01129> cities <05892> for your descendants <02945> and pens <01448> for your sheep <06792>, but do <06213> what you have said <06310> <03318> you would do.” 32:25 So the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121> replied <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Your servants <05650> will do <06213> as <0834> my lord <0113> commands <06680>. 32:26 Our children <02945>, our wives <0802>, our flocks <04735>, and all <03605> our livestock <0929> will be <01961> there <08033> in the cities <05892> of Gilead <01568>, 32:27 but your servants <05650> will cross over <05674>, every <03605> man armed <02502> for war <06635>, to do battle <04421> in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440>, just as <0834> my lord <0113> says <01696>.” 32:28 So Moses <04872> gave orders <06680> about them to Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, to Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>, and to the heads <07218> of the families <01> of the Israelite <03478> <01121> tribes <04294>. 32:29 Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> them: “If <0518> the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121> cross <05674> the Jordan <03383> with <0854> you, each one <03605> equipped <02502> for battle <04421> in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440>, and you conquer <03533> the land <0776>, then you must allot <05414> them the territory <0776> of Gilead <01568> as their possession <0272>. 32:30 But if <0518> they do not <03808> cross <05674> over with <0854> you armed <02502>, they must receive possessions <0270> among <08432> you in Canaan <03667>.” 32:31 Then the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121> answered <06030>, “Your servants <05650> will do <06213> what <0834> the Lord <03068> has spoken <01696>. 32:32 We <05168> will cross <05674> armed <02502> in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440> into the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, and then the possession <0272> of our inheritance <05159> that we inherit will be ours on this side <05676> of the Jordan River <03383>.”

• Num 32:16-32 -- The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites

• Gad

  [nave] GAD 1. Jacob's seventh son, Gen. 30:11; 35:26; Ex. 1:4. Children of, Gen. 46:16; Num. 26:15-18; 1 Chr. 5:11. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:19. 2. A tribe of Israel. Blessed by Moses, Deut. 33:20. Enumeration of, at Sinai,...
  

• JABESH

  [smith] (dry). Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:10,13,14) Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, (1 Chronicles 27:21) as...
  

• Misjudgment

  [nave] MISJUDGMENT. Instances of Of the Reubenites and Gadites, Num. 32:1-33; Josh. 22:11-31. Of Haah, 1 Sam. 1:14-17. See: Accusation, False; Uncharitableness.
  

• Motive

  [nave] MOTIVE Ascribed to God, Psa. 106:8; Ezek. 36:21, 22, 32. Right, required, Matt. 6:1-18. Sinful, illustrated by Cain, Gen. 4:7; 1 John 3:12. Misunderstood The tribes of Reuben and Gad, in asking inheritance E. of Jordan, ...
  

• Reubenites

  [nave] REUBENITES, the descendants of Reuben. Military enrollment of, at Sinai, Num. 1:20, 21; in Moab, Num. 26:7. Place of in camp and march, Num. 2:10. Standard of, Num. 10:18. Have their inheritance east of the Jordan, Num. 32...
  

• GAD (1)

  [isbe] GAD (1) - (gadh, "fortune"; Gad): 1. The Name: The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Gen 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought to connect the name with that of ...
  

• Uncharitableness

  [nave] UNCHARITABLENESS. Isa. 29:20, 21; Matt. 7:1-5 Luke 6:37-42. Luke 12:57; John 7:24; John 8:7; Rom. 2:1; Rom. 14:1-15; 1 Cor. 4:3-5, 7; 1 Cor. 13:1-6; Jas. 4:11, 12 See: Accusation, False; Charitableness; Slander; Speaking, E...
  

• Gilead

  [nave] GILEAD 1. A region E. of the Jordan allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half tribe of Manasseh, Num. 32:1-30; Deut. 3:13; 34:1; 2 Kin. 10:33. Reubenites expel the Hagarites from, 1 Chr. 5:9, 10, 18-22. Ammonites m...
  

• REUBEN

  [isbe] REUBEN - roo'-ben, ru'-ben (re'ubhen; Rhouben): The eldest son of Jacob, born to him by Leah in Paddan-aram (Gen 29:32). 1. Jacob's Oldest Son: This verse seems to suggest two derivations of the name. As it stands in Massore...
  

• Haste

  [nave] HASTE, in judgment, by Moses and the Israelites, Num. 32:1-19; Josh. 22:10-34. See: Rashness.
  

• Fold

  [ebd] an enclosure for flocks to rest together (Isa. 13:20). Sheep-folds are mentioned Num. 32:16, 24, 36; 2 Sam. 7:8; Zeph. 2:6; John 10:1, etc. It was prophesied of the cities of Ammon (Ezek. 25:5), Aroer (Isa. 17:2), and Judaea...
  

• Sheep-fold

  [ebd] a strong fenced enclosure for the protection of the sheep gathered within it (Num. 32:24; 1 Chr. 17:7; Ps. 50:9; 78:70). In John 10:16 the Authorized Version renders by "fold" two distinct Greek words, aule and poimne, the l...
  

• CATTLE

  [isbe] CATTLE - kat'-'-l (behemah, "a dumb beast"; miqneh, "a possession" from qanah, "to acquire" (compare Arabic qana', "to acquire," and Greek kienos, "beast," and plural ktenea, "flocks," from ktaomai, "to acquire," flocks bein...
  

• Herdsman

  [ebd] In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste. Some of Joseph's brethren were made rulers over Pharaoh's cattle (Gen. 47:6, 17). The Israelites were known in Egypt as "keepers of cattle;" and when they left it they too...
  

• Shepherd

  [nave] SHEPHERD One who cares for flocks, Gen. 31:38-40; Psa. 78:52, 53; Jer. 31:10; Amos 3:12; Luke 2:8. David the, defends his flock against a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34, 35. Causes the flock to rest, Psa. 23:2; Song 1:7; Je...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• ELEALEH

  [isbe] ELEALEH - e-le-a'-le ('el`aleh, "God has ascended"): Lay in the country taken from Sihon and within the lot given to Reuben (Nu 32:3,17 f). "Their names being changed" seems to apply to all the towns mentioned. There is no i...
  

• FATHER'S HOUSE, FATHERS' HOUSE

  [isbe] FATHER'S HOUSE, FATHERS' HOUSE - (beth 'abh, beth 'abhoth): Father's house in the Old Testament is (1) a dwelling, the family home (Gen 12:1; 31:14,30; 38:11; 1 Sam 18:2); (2) a family or household (Gen 41:51; 46:31; Ex 12:3...
  

• GUILTLESS

  [isbe] GUILTLESS - gilt'-les: The primary meaning of the Hebrew word is "to be clean." Sometimes the meaning is "freedom from blame," at other times to be "free from punishment," these two ideas running over into each other as with...
  

• Who Were the Amorites?
  They were one of the seven nations of Canaan and were governed by many independent kings (Josh. 5:1; Josh. 9:10). They originally inhabited a mountain district in the south (Num. 13:29), but later acquired an extensive tract ...

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