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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>.” 32:33 So Moses <04872> gave <05414> to the Gadites <01410> <01121>, the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, and to half <02677> the tribe <07626> of Manasseh <04519> son <01121> of Joseph <03130> the <0853> realm <04467> of King <04428> Sihon <05511> of the Amorites <0567>, and the realm <04467> of King <04428> Og <05747> of Bashan <01316>, the entire land <0776> with its cities <05892> and the territory <01367> surrounding <05439> them. 32:34 The Gadites <01410> <01121> rebuilt <01129> Dibon <01769>, Ataroth <05852>, Aroer <06177>, 32:35 Atroth Shophan <05855>, Jazer <03270>, Jogbehah <03011>, 32:36 Beth Nimrah <01039>, and Beth Haran <01028> as fortified <04013> cities <05892>, and constructed pens <01448> for their flocks <06629>. 32:37 The Reubenites <07205> <01121> rebuilt <01129> Heshbon <02809>, Elealeh <0500>, Kiriathaim <07156>, 32:38 Nebo <05015>, Baal Meon <01186> (with a change <05437> of name <08034>), and Sibmah <07643>. They renamed <08034> <08034> the cities <05892> they built <01129>. 32:39 The descendants <01121> of Machir <04353> son <01121> of Manasseh <04519> went <01980> to Gilead <01568>, took <03920> it, and dispossessed <03423> the Amorites <0567> who <0834> were in it. 32:40 So Moses <04872> gave <05414> Gilead <01568> to Machir <04353>, son <01121> of Manasseh <04519>, and he lived <03427> there. 32:41 Now Jair <02971> son <01121> of Manasseh <04519> went <01980> and captured <03920> their small towns <02333> and named <07121> them Havvoth Jair <02334>. 32:42 Then Nobah <05025> went <01980> and captured <03920> Kenath <07079> and its villages <01323> and called <07121> it Nobah <05025> after his own name <08034>.

• Num 32:33-42 -- Land Assignment

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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, ...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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,...
  

• Gilead

  [ebd] hill of testimony, (Gen. 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan. From its mountainous character it is called "the mount of Gilead" (Gen. 31:25). It is called also "the land of Gilead" (Num. 32:1), and sometimes simply "...
  [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...
  

• Fenced cities

  [ebd] There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of one or two walls, on whic...
  

• CITY

  [ebd] The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen. 4:17). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12). Next, we have a record of the cities o...
  [isbe] CITY - sit'-i (`ir, qiryah; polis): I. THE CANAANITE CITY 1. Origin 2. Extent 3. Villages 4. Sites 5. External Appearance 6. General II. THE CITY OF THE JEWISH OCCUPATION 1. Tower or Stronghold 2. High Place 3. Broad Place 4...
  

• Amorites

  [nave] AMORITES Descendants of Canaan, Gen. 10:15, 16; 1 Chr. 1:13, 14. Were giants, Amos 2:9. Struck by Chedorlaomer and rescued by Abraham, Gen. 14. Territory of, Gen. 14:7; Num. 13:29; 21:13; Deut. 1:4, 7, 19; 3:8, 9; Josh. 5...
  

• Manasseh

  [nave] MANASSEH 1. Son of Joseph and Asenath, Gen. 41:50, 51; 46:20; adopted by Jacob on his deathbed, Gen. 48:1, 5-20. Called Manasses, Rev. 7:6. 2. Tribe of. Descendants of Joseph. The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, ...
  

• Machir

  [ebd] sold. (1.) Manasseh's oldest son (Josh. 17:1), or probably his only son (see 1 Chr. 7:14, 15; comp. Num. 26:29-33; Josh. 13:31). His descendants are referred to under the name of Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead (Nu...
  [smith] (sold). The eldest son, (Joshua 17:1) of the patriarch Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine. (1 Chronicles 7:14) At the time of the conquest the family of Machir had become very powerful, and a large part of the cou...
  [nave] MACHIR 1. One of the sons of Manasseh, Gen. 50:23. Father of the Machirites, Num. 26:29; 36:1. The land of Gilead allotted to, Num. 32:39, 40; Deut. 3:15; Josh. 13:31. Certain cities of Bashan given to, Josh. 13:31; 17:1....
  

• Ataroth

  [isbe] ATAROTH - at'-a-roth, a-ta'-roth (`aTaroth, "crowns" or "wreaths"; Ataroth): (1) A city East of the Jordan, apparently in the territory given to Reuben, but built, or fortified, by the children of Gad (Nu 32:3,34). It is nam...
  [smith] (crowns). One of the towns in the "land of Jazer and land of Gilead," (Numbers 32:3) east of the Jordan, taken and built by the tribe of Gad. (Numbers 32:34) A place on the (south?) boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh. (Joshua ...
  [nave] ATAROTH, called also Atroth. 1. A city E. of Jordan, Num. 32:3, 34. 2. A city, or possibly two different cities, of Ephraim, Josh. 16:2, 5, 7; 18:13. 3. A city of Judah, 1 Chr. 2:54. 4. A city of Gad, Num. 32:35.
  

• Nobah

  [ebd] howling. (1.) Num. 32:42. (2.) The name given to Kenath (q.v.) by Nobah when he conquered it. It was on the east of Gilead (Judg. 8:11).
  [isbe] NOBAH - no'-ba (nobhah; Codex Vaticanus Naboth, Nabai; Codex Alexandrinus Naboth, Nabeth): (1) Nobah the Manassite, we are told, "went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name" (Nu 3...
  [smith] (barking), an Israelite warrior, (Numbers 32:42) who during the conquest of the territory on the east of Jordan possessed himself of the town of Kenath and the villages or hamlets dependent upon it, and gave them his own name...
  [nave] NOBAH, an Israelite, Num. 32:42.
  

• Jair

  [ebd] enlightener. (1.) The son of Segub. He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chr. 2:22). He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borde...
  [isbe] JAIR - ja'-er: (1) Jair (ya'ir, "he enlightens" or "one giving light"): (a) Son, i.e. descendant of Manasseh (Nu 32:41; Dt 3:14; Josh 13:30; 1 Ki 4:13:1 Ch 2:22 f). According to 1 Ch 2:21 f he was the son of ScRub, son of He...
  [smith] (enlightener). A man who on his father?s side was descended from Judah, and on his mother?s from Manasseh. (B.C. 1451.) During, the conquest he took the whole of the tract of Argob (3:14) and in addition possessed himself of...
  [nave] JAIR 1. Son of Manasseh. Founder of twenty-three cities in Gilead, Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; Josh. 13:30; 1 Kin. 4:13; 1 Chr. 2:22, 23. 2. A judge of Israel, Judg. 10:3-5. 3. A Benjamite, Esth. 2:5. 4. Father of Elhanan, 1 ...
  

• Aroer

  [ebd] ruins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon (Deut. 4:48; Judg. 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33), the southern boundary of the kingdom of Sihon (Josh. 12:2). It is now called Arair, 13 miles west of the Dead Sea. (2.) One of the t...
  [isbe] AROER - a-ro'-er (`aro'er; Aroer): (1) A city of the Amorites which stood on the northern edge of the Arnon (Dt 2:36, etc.). Taken by Israel, it shared the vicissitudes of the country north of the river, and when last named ...
  [smith] (ruins). A city on the torrent Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon king of the Amorites and afterwards of the tribe of Reuben, (2:36; 3:12; 4:48; Joshua 12:2; 13:9,16; Judges 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33; 1 Chr...
  [nave] AROER 1. A city of the Amorites in the valley of the river Arnon, Deut. 4:48. Conquered by Israelites, Deut. 2:36; 3:12; Judg. 11:26. Taken by Hazael, 2 Kin. 10:33. 2. A city built, or, probably more correctly, rebuilt, b...
  

• Kenath

  [ebd] possession, a city of Gilead. It was captured by Nobah, who called it by his own name (Num. 32:42). It has been identified with Kunawat, on the slopes of Jebel Hauran (Mount Bashan), 60 miles east from the south end of the S...
  [isbe] KENATH - ke'-nath (qenath; Kaath kaanath, in Septuagint, Codex Alexandrinus): A city in Bashan, taken along with its "daughters," i.e. "villages" from the Amorites by Nobah who gave it his own name (Nu 32:42). It was recaptu...
  [smith] (possession), one of the cities on the east of Jordan, with its "daughter-towns" (Authorized Version "villages") taken possession of by a certain Nobah, who then called it by his own name, (Numbers 32:42)
  [nave] KENATH, called also Nobah. A city of Gilead, Num. 32:42; 1 Chr. 2:23.
  

• Elealeh

  [ebd] God has ascended, a place in the pastoral country east of Jordan, in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:3, 37). It is not again mentioned till the time of Isaiah (15:4; 16:9) and Jeremiah (48:34). It is now an extensive ruin calle...
  [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...
  [smith] (the ascending of God), a place on the east of Jordan, taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Reuben. (Numbers 32:3,37) By Isaiah and Jeremiah it is mentioned as a Moabite town. (Isaiah 15:4; 16:9; Jeremiah 48:34)
  [nave] ELEALEH a city of Moab. Taken by the Israelites, Num. 32:3, 37. Repossessed by the Moabites, Isa. 15:4; 16:9.
  

• 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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