Numbers 32:1

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead; and the place was a place for cattle:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2and the children of Reuben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

Read all of Numbers 32

Cross References

Genesis 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.

Genesis 13:10And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.

Genesis 30:10And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

Exodus 12:38And a great mixed company went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle.

Numbers 21:32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out the Amorite that dwelt there.

Numbers 26:15And the sons of Judah, Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:1

In this chapter we have, I. The humble request of the tribes of Reuben and Gad for an inheritance on that side Jordan where Israel now lay encamped, ver. 1-5 . II. Moses's misinterpretation of their request, ver. 6-15 . III. Their explication of it, and stating it aright, ver. 16-19 . IV. The grant of their petition under the provisos and limitations which they themselves proposed, ver. 20 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 32:1