Numbers 32:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;

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  • Num 21:32 : 32 And Moses sent men secretly to Jazer, and they took its towns, driving out the Amorites who were living there.
  • Num 32:3 : 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
  • Num 32:35 : 35 And Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah;
  • Josh 13:25 : 25 And their limit was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer before Rabbah;
  • 2 Sam 24:5 : 5 And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;
  • Isa 16:8-9 : 8 For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome by the produce of her vines; her vine-plants went as far as Jazer, and came even to the waste land; her branches were stretched out to the sea. 9 For this cause my sorrow for the vine of Sibmah will be like the weeping for Jazer: my eyes are dropping water on you, O Heshbon and Elealeh! For they are sounding the war-cry over your summer fruits and the getting in of your grain;
  • Jer 50:19 : 19 And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan, and have his desire in full measure on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
  • Mic 7:14 : 14 Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
  • Num 32:26 : 26 Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;
  • Num 26:5-7 : 5 Reuben, the first son of Israel: the sons of Reuben by their families: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
  • Num 26:15-18 : 15 The sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the sons of Gad as they were numbered, forty thousand, five hundred.
  • Gen 13:2 : 2 Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
  • Gen 13:5 : 5 And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;
  • Gen 13:10-11 : 10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar. 11 So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.
  • Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
  • Gen 30:10-11 : 10 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son. 11 And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.
  • Gen 47:4 : 4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.
  • Exod 12:38 : 38 And a mixed band of people went with them; and flocks and herds in great numbers.
  • Num 2:10-15 : 10 On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief. 11 The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred. 12 And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief. 13 The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief. 15 The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.

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  • Num 32:2-7
    6 verses
    84%

    2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,

    3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

    4 The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.

    5 And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.

    6 And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?

    7 Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?

  • Num 32:29-34
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    79%

    29 And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:

    30 But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.

    31 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

    32 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.

    33 So Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, all the land with its towns and the country round them.

    34 And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;

  • Josh 22:9-11
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    78%

    9 So Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back, parting from the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their heritage which had been given to them by the Lord's order to Moses.

    10 Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.

    11 And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.

  • Josh 22:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32 Then Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs went back from the land of Gilead, from the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and came to the children of Israel in Canaan and gave them the news.

    33 And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.

  • Josh 22:15
    77%

    15 And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

  • Num 32:25-26
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    77%

    25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.

    26 Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;

  • Deut 3:12
    76%

    12 And this land which we took at that time, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead with its towns, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.

  • Josh 22:21
    75%

    21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

  • Josh 4:12
    74%

    12 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:

  • Deut 3:16
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    16 And the land from Gilead to the valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a limit, as far as the river Jabbok which is the limit of the country of the children of Ammon, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites;

  • Josh 22:1
    74%

    1 Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

  • Josh 13:8
    74%

    8 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites have been given their heritage, which Moses gave them, on the east side of Jordan, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them;

  • Josh 13:23-25
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    73%

    23 And the limit of the children of Reuben was the edge of Jordan. This was the heritage of the children of Reuben by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places.

    24 And Moses gave their heritage to the tribe of Gad by their families.

    25 And their limit was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer before Rabbah;

  • Josh 1:12
    73%

    12 And to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

  • Deut 4:43
    73%

    43 The names of the towns were Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for Manasseh.

  • Josh 22:25
    72%

    25 For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.

  • Deut 29:8
    72%

    8 And we took their land and gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for their heritage.

  • Num 34:14
    72%

    14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:

  • Josh 22:30
    72%

    30 Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, hearing what the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh said, were pleased.

  • Ezek 48:27
    71%

    27 And on the limit of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side: Gad one part.

  • Josh 20:8
    71%

    8 And on the east side of Jordan at Jericho, they made selection of Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 13:28
    71%

    28 This is the heritage of the children of Gad by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places

  • 2 Kgs 10:33
    71%

    33 East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.

  • Num 32:16
    71%

    16 Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;

  • 1 Chr 6:78
    70%

    78 And on the other side of Jordan, at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the waste land with its outskirts, and Jahzah with its outskirts,

  • Josh 22:13
    70%

    13 And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,

  • Num 2:14
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    14 Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.

  • 1 Chr 4:39
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    39 And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.

  • Josh 12:6
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    6 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel overcame them; and Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave their land for a heritage to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 13:15
    70%

    15 And Moses gave their heritage to the tribe of Reuben by their families.

  • Gen 36:7
    70%

    7 For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

  • 2 Sam 24:5
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    5 And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;