And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed), and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they built. 38. their names being changed ] The parenthesis is strange, for the change of names by the Manassites is related immediately afterwards. Some think that it is a marginal note to the reader that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:38”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, The Reubenites established themselves more compactly than the Gadites. Elcalch (el-Al) a mile to the northeast; Nebo (Nebbeh) probably three miles to the southwest; Baal-meon (Main) nearly two miles to the south; Kirjathaim (Kureiyat?): and Shibmah, more properly Sibmah, famous at a later period … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:37”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:36
And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities,…. The first of these is the same with Nimrah, Nu 32:3, and the other is the same with Betharam, Jos 13:27, it is called in the Jerusalem Talmud r, Bethramtha, and so by the Syrians, Bethramphta; and to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:36”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:35
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 35-38. Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer,c.Jaazer, near a famed fountain, Ain Hazier, the waters of whichflow into Wady Schaib, about fifteen miles from Hesbon. Beth-nimrah,now Nimrin Heshbon, now Hesban; Elealeh (Hebrew, “thehigh”), now Elaal; Kirjathaim (Hebrew, “the doublecity”); Nebo, now Neba, near the mountain of that name;Baal-meon, now Myoun, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:35”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:34
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 34 38. Many of these towns have been identified with some probability. But the list represents a tradition very different from that in Jos 13:15-28 (P ), and must be ultimately derived from an earlier source, though in its present form it was probably … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:34”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:33
And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:33”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:32
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan [may be] ours. We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan,…. This is repeated again and again, for the confirmation of it, assuring that it should be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:32”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:31
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. As the Lord hath said; either at this time by thy mouth; or formerly, where he commandeth us as well as our brethren to go into Canaan and possess it. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:31”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:30
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 30. If they refused to join the rest of Israel in their battles, then, as a punishment, they must be forced, with their families and flocks, to live on the west of Jordan. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:30”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:29
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: And Moses said unto them,…. To … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:29”