Numbers 32:1
The people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad had much livestock. They saw that the land near Jazer city and the Gilead region east of the Jordan River had good grass for the animals to graze on.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2So their leaders came to Eleazar and the other leaders of the people and Moses/me. They said,
Cross References
Genesis 13:2Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold.
Genesis 13:10Lot looked around toward Zoar town, and saw that there was plenty of water all over the plain near the Jordan River. It was like the park/garden in Eden, and like the land in Egypt. [That was before Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah which were on that plain.]
Genesis 30:10Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
Exodus 12:38Many other people who were not Israelis went along with them. There were also livestock, the flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle.
Numbers 21:32After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer city, Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
Numbers 26:15They counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Gad. They were in clans descended from Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ozni, Eri, Arod, and Areli.
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 →