Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:19
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward,…. This they said, not as being determined whether Moses and the princes were willing or not to stay where they were, and not pass over Jordan to inherit any part there, and much less as despising the good land, but as giving up all pretensions to it, should they be settled where they desired; they were not of that selfish and covetous disposition as to desire any part on the other side Jordan, if it was but granted them to continue on this side, and possess the land they requested:
because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward; they seem to speak as if they were assured of it, and that it was so ordered by divine Providence, and wanted nothing but the consent of Moses, and the princes of the congregation.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward . . . on this side Jordan eastward.This is one of the critical passages which determine the meaning of the word which is rendered on yonder side in the first clause of the verse, and on this side in the second clause. It is true that the meaning of the word in the first clause is defined by the addition of the word which is rendered or forward, and which is more correctly rendered and forwardi.e., further off, or to a greater distance; and that its meaning in the second clause is defined by the addition of the word eastward, or towards the sun-rising; but the application of the same word to the country on both sides of the Jordan shows that it cannot be inferred, with any degree of certainty, from the use of this word, whether the position of the writer was on the eastern or western side of the river. (See Num. 32:32, where the same word occurs without any addition.) The language of the Gadites and the Reubenites must not be interpreted as if it were spoken in a defiant spirit, but as disclaiming their right to any portion of the inheritance on the west of the Jordan if they obtained their request to settle on the eastern side.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
19. This side Jordan According to geographical usage, the land “beyond Jordan” signifies the country to the east of the river. But to prevent mistake in this instance the word eastward is added. The application of the same expression to the land on the west and the east of the Jordan indicates a transition period. Jos 1:14, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
we will: Gen 13:10-12, Gen 14:12, 2Ki 10:32, 2Ki 10:33, 2Ki 15:29, 1Ch 5:25, 1Ch 5:26, Pro 20:21
because: Num 32:33, Jos 12:1-6, Jos 13:8
on this side: Num 32:32, Num 34:15, Jos 1:14, Jos 1:15
Reciprocal: Num 22:1 – on this side Deu 1:1 – on this Deu 4:46 – On this side