Numbers 32:2

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The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

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What does Numbers 32:2 mean?

Here is a proposal made by the Reubenites and Gadites, that the land lately conquered might be allotted to them.

Key themes

Justice and mercyHumilityPilgrimageRebellion

Read with

Keep this verse inside Numbers 32:1-5 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Numbers 32:1 Numbers 32:3 Micah 6:8 Amos 5:24

Glossary

Gad Person: Fortune; luck. (1. ) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher ( Gen. 30:11-13 ; 46:16 , 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, “A troop cometh: and she called,” etc.
Reuben Person: Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah ( Gen. 29:32 ). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22 , brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4).
Eleazar Person: God has helped. (1. ) The third son of Aaron ( Ex. 6:23 ). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas ( Ex. 6:25 ). After the death of Nadab and Abihu.