Numbers 32:1

Now the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad had a very great multitude of mikneh; and when they saw Eretz Yazer, and Eretz Gil'ad, that, hinei, the makom was a makom for mikneh;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

2The Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven came and spoke unto Moshe, and to El'azar HaKohen, and unto the nasiim of the Edah, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2And Avram was very rich in cattle, in kesef, and in zahav.

Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Yarden, that it was well watered everywhere, before Hashem destroyed Sodom and Amora, even as the Gan Hashem, like Eretz Mitzrayim, as you go to Tzoar.

Genesis 30:10And Zilpah shifchat Leah bore Ya'akov ben.

Exodus 12:38And an erev rav (mixed multitude, a mixed company that was large) went along also with them; and tzon, and herds, even very many domestic animals.

Numbers 21:32And Moshe sent to spy out Yazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out HaEmori that were there.

Numbers 26:15The Bnei Gad after their Mishpekhot; of Tzephon, the Mishpakhat HaTzephoni; of Chaggi, the Mishpakhat HaChaggi; of Shuni, the Mishpakhat HaShuni;

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 →

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