Bible Commentary

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 8 13. Moses refers to the narrative of the spies in chs. 13 f. In the preliminary note to ch. 13 it is shewn that that narrative is a combination of the traditions of J E and of P ; and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:8”

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? 7. discourage ] lit. ‘oppose.’ The word is the same as in Num 30:5 [Hebrews 6 ]. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Wherefore discourage ye the heart of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:7”

And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num 32:6-15 Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel? The expostulation of Moses 1. He … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:6”

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, [and] bring us not over Jordan. Verse 5. Let this land be given unto thy servants] Because it was good for pasturage, and they had many flocks, Nu 32:1. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:5”

[Even] the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, [is] a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: Which the Lord smote before the congregation, and gave to them for a possession, in the same manner as he will give the land of Canaan. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:4”

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 3. All these names recur in Num 32:34-38, three of them in a slightly different form (see R.V. marg.). Beon is probably a mere scribal slip for Meon. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges See Num … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:3”

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses,…. The children of Gad are mentioned first, though Reuben was the firstborn, and had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:2”

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle; 1. the land of Jazer ] Jazer always appears, elsewhere, as the name not of a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 32:1”

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds,…. Which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 31:54”

([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) This verse seems to imply that the soldiers, as distinct from the officers (compare Num 31:49), did not make any offering from their plunder. Of course besides the gold there would be much spoil of less precious materials; see Num 31:20, Num 31:22. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 31:53”