Numbers 32:1

Now the descendants of Reuben and of Gad had large numbers of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer and Gilead, the land was a wonderful place for livestock.

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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

2So the descendants of Gad and Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the community. They said,

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2Now Abram was very rich in animals, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 13:10So Lot looked around, and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere all the way to Zoar, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt. This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 30:10Zilpah, Leah's servant, bore Jacob a son.

Exodus 12:38A mixed multitude also went with them, together with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.

Numbers 21:32Then Moses sent men to look at Jazer. They took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Numbers 26:15The clans of Gad's descendants were these: 1 Through Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites, 1 through Haggi, the clan of the Haggites, 1 through Shuni, the clan of the Shunites, 1

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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