Discovery Box1 Chronicles 5:1-10
Context5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –
(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, 1 his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. 2 5:2 Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, 3 the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)
5:3 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:
Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
5:4 The descendants of Joel:
His son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, 5:5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, 5:6 and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser 4 of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah 5 was the tribal leader of Reuben.
5:7 His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records:
The leader Jeiel, Zechariah, 5:8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel.
They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. 5:9 In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead. 5:10 During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region of Gilead. 6
Numbers 32:33-42
Context32:33 So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them. 7 32:34 The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 32:35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 32:36 Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks. 32:37 The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 32:38 Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed 8 the cities they built.
32:39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. 32:40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there. 9 32:41 Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair. 32:42 Then Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.
Deuteronomy 3:12-16
Context3:12 This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer 10 by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites. 11 3:13 The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. 12 (All the region of Argob, 13 that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim. 3:14 Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites 14 and Maacathites 15 (namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, 16 which it retains to this very day.) 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. 17 3:16 To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.
Joshua 13:7-32
Context13:7 Now, divide up this land 18 among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
13:8 The other half of Manasseh, 19 Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, 20 just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them. 13:9 Their territory started 21 from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon, 13:10 and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border. 13:11 Their territory also included 22 Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah – 13:12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) 23 Moses defeated them and took their lands. 24 13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer 25 the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day. 13:14 However, Moses 26 did not assign land as an inheritance 27 to the Levites; their inheritance 28 is the sacrificial offerings 29 made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed 30 them.
13:15 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben 31 by its clans. 13:16 Their territory started at Aroer 32 (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba, 13:17 Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 13:18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 13:19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 13:20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth. 13:21 It encompassed 33 all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory). 34 13:22 The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, 35 along with the others. 36 13:23 The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns. 37
13:24 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad 38 by its clans. 13:25 Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory 39 as far as Aroer near 40 Rabbah. 13:26 Their territory ran 41 from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir. 13:27 It included the valley of Beth Haram, 42 Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth. 43 13:28 The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. 44
13:29 Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh 45 by its clans. 13:30 Their territory started at 46 Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair 47 in Bashan. 13:31 Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.
13:32 These are the land assignments made by Moses 48 on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. 49
Joshua 14:3
Context14:3 Now Moses had assigned land 50 to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land 51 to the Levites. 52
Joshua 22:1-10
Context22:1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh 22:2 and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. 53 22:3 You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites 54 this entire time, 55 right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God. 56 22:4 Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, 57 just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes 58 in your own land 59 which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan. 22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love 60 the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, 61 obey 62 his commands, be loyal to him, 63 and serve him with all your heart and being!” 64
22:6 Joshua rewarded 65 them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes. 66 22:7 (Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, 67 he rewarded 68 them, 22:8 saying, “Take home 69 great wealth, a lot of cattle, 70 silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of 71 clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.” 22:9 So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, 72 which they acquired by the Lord’s command through Moses.
22:10 The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built there, near the Jordan, an impressive altar. 73
[5:1] 1 sn The phrase when he defiled his father’s bed refers to Reuben having sexual relations with his father Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. This incident is recorded in Gen 35:22.
[5:1] 2 tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”
[5:2] 3 tn Heb “and [one] for a leader [was] from him.” This probably refers to the Davidic king.
[5:6] 4 tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser (also in v. 26).
[5:6] 5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Beerah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:10] 6 tn Heb “and in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites and they fell by their hand and they lived in their tents unto all the face of the east of Gilead.”
[32:33] 7 tn Heb “the land with its cities in the borders of the cities of the land all around.”
[32:38] 8 tn Heb “called names.”
[3:12] 10 tn The words “the territory extending” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[3:12] 11 sn Reubenites and Gadites. By the time of Moses’ address the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had already been granted permission to settle in the Transjordan, provided they helped the other tribes subdue the occupants of Canaan (cf. Num 32:28-42).
[3:13] 12 sn Half the tribe of Manasseh. The tribe of Manasseh split into clans, with half opting to settle in Bashan and the other half in Canaan (cf. Num 32:39-42; Josh 17:1-13).
[3:13] 13 sn Argob. See note on this term in v. 4.
[3:14] 14 sn Geshurites. Geshur was a city and its surrounding area somewhere northeast of Bashan (cf. Josh 12:5 ; 13:11, 13). One of David’s wives was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur and mother of Absalom (cf. 2 Sam 13:37; 15:8; 1 Chr 3:2).
[3:14] 15 sn Maacathites. These were the people of a territory southwest of Mount Hermon on the Jordan River. The name probably has nothing to do with David’s wife from Geshur (see note on “Geshurites” earlier in this verse).
[3:14] 16 sn Havvoth-Jair. The Hebrew name means “villages of Jair,” the latter being named after a son (i.e., descendant) of Manasseh who took the area by conquest.
[3:15] 17 sn Machir was the name of another descendant of Manasseh (cf. Num 32:41; 1 Chr 7:14-19). Eastern Manasseh was thus divided between the Jairites and the Machirites.
[13:7] 18 tn Heb “now apportion this land as an inheritance.”
[13:8] 19 tn The MT reads “with him,” which is problematic, since the reference would be to the other half of the tribe of Manasseh (not the half mentioned in v. 7).
[13:8] 20 tn Heb “received their inheritance, which Moses had assigned to them beyond the Jordan.”
[13:9] 21 tn The words “their territory started” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[13:11] 22 tn The words “their territory also included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[13:12] 23 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”
[13:12] 24 tn Or “dispossessed them.”
[13:13] 25 tn Or “dispossess.”
[13:14] 26 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[13:14] 27 tn Heb “did not assign an inheritance.”
[13:14] 28 tn That is, “their source of food and life.”
[13:14] 29 tn Or “offerings made by fire.”
[13:14] 30 tn Or “promised” (Heb “spoke”).
[13:15] 31 tn Heb “assigned to the sons of Reuben.”
[13:16] 32 tn Heb “their territory was from.”
[13:21] 33 tn The words “it encompassed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[13:21] 34 tn Heb “princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.”
[13:22] 36 tn Heb “Balaam son of Beor, the omen-reader, the Israelites killed with the sword, along with their slain ones.”
[13:23] 37 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their clans, the cities and their towns.”
[13:24] 38 tn Heb “assigned to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad.”
[13:25] 39 tn Heb “and half of the land of the sons of Ammon.”
[13:25] 40 tn Heb “in front of.”
[13:26] 41 tn The words “Their territory ran” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.
[13:27] 42 tn Or “it included in the valley, Beth Haram.”
[13:27] 43 sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.
[13:28] 44 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad by their clans, the cities and their towns.”
[13:29] 45 tn Heb “assigned to the half-tribe of Manasseh, and it belonged to the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
[13:30] 46 tn The words “their territory started at” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.
[13:30] 47 sn The Hebrew name Havvoth Jair means “the tent villages of Jair.”
[13:32] 48 tn Heb “These are [the lands] which Moses gave as an inheritance.”
[13:32] 49 tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
[14:3] 50 tn Or “assigned an inheritance.”
[14:3] 51 tn Or “no inheritance.”
[14:3] 52 tn The Hebrew text adds, “in their midst.”
[22:2] 53 tn Heb “You have kept all which Moses, the
[22:3] 54 tn Heb “your brothers” (also in vv. 4, 7), but this does not refer to siblings or necessarily even to relatives. It refers to the Israelites of the remaining tribes.
[22:3] 55 tn Heb “these many days.”
[22:3] 56 tn Heb “you have kept the charge of the command of the
[22:4] 57 tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”
[22:4] 59 tn Heb “the land of your possession.”
[22:5] 60 tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the
[22:5] 61 tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”
[22:6] 65 tn Heb “blessed.” However, see v. 8, where rewards are given.
[22:6] 66 tn Heb “and they went to their tents.”
[22:7] 67 tn Heb “to their tents.”
[22:8] 69 tn Heb “return to your tents with.”
[22:8] 70 tn Heb “very many cattle.”
[22:8] 71 tn Heb “very much clothing.”
[22:9] 72 tn Heb “returned and went from the sons of Israel, from Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession.”
[22:10] 73 tn Heb “and they went to Geliloth of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar near the Jordan, an altar great with respect to appearance.”
