Numbers 32:1

Nowe the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad had an exceeding great multitude of cattell: and they sawe the lande of Iazer, and the lande of Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattel.

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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

2Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattell, in siluer and in golde.

Genesis 13:10So when Lot lifted vp his eyes, he saw that all the plaine of Iorden was watered euery where: (for before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorah, it was as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest vnto Zoar)

Genesis 30:10And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne.

Exodus 12:38And a great multitude of sundrie sortes of people went out with them, and sheepe, and beeues, and cattel in great abundance.

Numbers 21:32And Moses sent to searche out Iaazer, and they tooke the townes belonging thereto, and rooted out the Amorites that were there.

Numbers 26:15The sonnes of Gad after their families were: Zephon, of whome came ye familie of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the familie of the Haggites: of Shuni, the familie of the Shunites:

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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