Num 32:1-5 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XXXII The Reubenites and Gadites request Moses to give them their inheritance on this side of Jordan , 1-5. Moses expostulates with and reproves them , 6-15. They explain themselves, and propose conditions, with which Moses is satisfied-they are to build cities for their wives and children, and folds for their cattle, and go ever Jordan armed with the other tribes, and fight against their enemies till the land is subdued; after which they are to return , 16-27. Moses proposes the business to Eleazar, Joshua, and the elders , 28-30. The Gadites and Reubenites promise a faithful observance of the conditions , 31, 32; on which Moses assigns to them, and the half tribe of Manasseh , the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan , 33. The cities built by the Gadites , 34-36. The cities built by the Reubenites , 37, 38. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, expel the Amorites from Gilead , 39, which Moses grants to them , 40. Jair, the son of Manasseh, takes the small towns of Gilead , 41. And Nobah takes Kenath and its villages , 42. NOTES ON CHAP. XXXII

‏ Numbers 32:1-5

CHAPTER XXXII

The Reubenites and Gadites request Moses to give them their inheritance on this side of Jordan, 1-5.

Moses expostulates with and reproves them, 6-15.

They explain themselves, and propose conditions, with which Moses is satisfied-they are to build cities for their wives and children, and folds for their cattle, and go ever Jordan armed with the other tribes, and fight against their enemies till the land is subdued; after which they are to return, 16-27.

Moses proposes the business to Eleazar, Joshua, and the elders,

28-30.

The Gadites and Reubenites promise a faithful observance of the conditions, 31, 32;

on which Moses assigns to them, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, 33.

The cities built by the Gadites, 34-36.

The cities built by the Reubenites, 37, 38.

The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, expel the Amorites from Gilead, 39,

which Moses grants to them, 40.

Jair, the son of Manasseh, takes the small towns of Gilead, 41.

And Nobah takes Kenath and its villages, 42.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXII

Verse 3. Ataroth, and Dibon, &c.] The places mentioned here belonged to Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, which being conquered by the Israelites, constituted ever after a part of their territories, Nu 32:33.

Verse 5. Let this land be given unto thy servants] Because it was good for pasturage, and they had many flocks, Nu 32:1.