Numbers 32:6
Moses’ Response Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites,“Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?
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- 2 Sam 11:11 : 11 Uriah replied to David,“The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and go to bed with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!”
- 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
- Phil 2:4 : 4 Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
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- Num 32:24-3310 verses86%
24So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do.”
25So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses,“Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,
27but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the LORD’s presence, just as my lord says.”
28So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.
29Moses said to them:“If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the LORD’s presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.
30But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”
31Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered,“Your servants will do what the LORD has spoken.
32We will cross armed in the LORD’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”
33Land Assignment So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them.
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7Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the LORD has given them?
- Num 32:1-22 verses81%
1The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,
2the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,
- Num 32:20-212 verses78%
20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,
21and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the LORD until he drives out his enemies from his presence
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9So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, which they acquired by the LORD’s command through Moses.
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5So they said,“If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.”
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12The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.
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21The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:
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15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:
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12Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
13“Remember what Moses the LORD’s servant commanded you. The LORD your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you.
14Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help them
15until the LORD gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the LORD’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.”
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25The LORD made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the LORD.’ In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying the LORD.
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1Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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6Moses the LORD’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the LORD’s servant assigned their land to Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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33The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
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8Tribal Lands East of the Jordan The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands on east side of the Jordan, just as Moses, the LORD’s servant, had assigned them.
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24Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans.
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3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the rift valley plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,
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26So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,
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16Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:
- Num 31:2-32 verses71%
2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”
3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.
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7But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan which Moses the LORD’s servant assigned them.”
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42But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”
- Josh 22:11-122 verses71%
11The Israelites received this report:“Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
12When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.
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7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.
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4Now the LORD your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes in your own land which Moses the LORD’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.
- Num 10:29-302 verses71%
29The Appeal to Hobab Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel, the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law,“We are journeying to the place about which the LORD said,‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things for Israel.”
30But Hobab said to him,“I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”
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43These cities are Bezer, in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.
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3Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”
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42From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,
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52Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!
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8Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.