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Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:38

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”