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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Kirjathaim,.... Of which [See comments on Numbers 32:37]; and Sibmah; of which [See comments on Numbers 32:3] and [See comments on Numbers 32:38]; and Zarethshahar, in the mount of the valley; which was built on one of the mountains that looked over the valley of Moab, as did Nebo, Pisgah, Abarim; perhaps it is the same place Josephus (k)...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Bethpeor,.... So called from Peor, the idol of the Moabites, and where very likely there had been a temple built to the honour of it; over against this place was a valley, where Israel abode some time, Deuteronomy 3:29; and Ashdodpisgah; of which see Deuteronomy 3:17; and Bethjeshimoth; of which see Numbers 33:49.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the cities of the plain,.... In the champaign country, as well as those in the mountainous part: and all the kingdom of Sihon; or, as Masius renders the words, "which all had been the kingdom of Sihon"; for the whole kingdom of Sihon was not given to Reuben, only a part of it, and the rest to Gad, as in Joshua 13:27; king of the Amorites,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Balaam also, the son of Beor the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword,.... At the same time that the princes of Midian were slain, and which is also observed, [See comments on Numbers 31:8]. Kimchi supposes that he returned to Midian, on hearing that the counsel he gave to them, to ensnare Israel with their daughters, had...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border [thereof],.... As their border eastward was Aroer on the river Arnon, so their border westward was the river Jordan: this [was] the inheritance of the children of Reuben, after their families, the cities and the villages thereof; which Moses gave them on the other side Jordan; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the tribe of Gad,.... On the other side Jordan, as he did to Reuben: [even] unto the children of Gad, according to their families: according to the number and largeness of them, dividing to each their part and portion.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And their coast was Jazer,.... Their southern coast; of Jazer, see Numbers 21:32; where it is called Jaazer, and is mentioned in Isaiah 16:8; and in Jeremiah 48:32, where it is spoken of as a city of Moab, as it was in the days of those prophets: and all the cities of Gilead; which lay in those parts, for the whole was not given to this tribe,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim,.... This was their coast from the south to the north, and so describes their eastern border, which reached from Heshbon, given to the tribe of Reuben, Joshua 13:7; to these places mentioned; Ramathmizpeh, the same with Ramothgilead, which Jerom (o) says was a village in his time, and lay two miles...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And in the valley, Betharam,.... The same with Bethharan, [See comments on Numbers 32:36]: and Bethnimrah; sometimes called Nimrah, Numbers 32:3; near to which were some waters, called the waters of Nimrim, Isaiah 15:6; It was in Jerom's (p) time a large village; it seems to have its name from leopards, which perhaps had their haunts hereabout:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This [is] the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their families,.... As described in Joshua 13:27: the cities and their villages; the cities given them, some of which are mentioned by name, and the villages adjacent and belonging to them were included in them.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the half tribe of Manasseh,.... Whether at their request or of himself, there being land enough for them, and the two tribes of Gad and Reuben, is not certain: and [this] is [the possession] of the half tribe of Manasseh, by their families; which is after related and described.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And their coast was from Mahanaim,.... A place in the tribe of Gad, Joshua 13:26; which was the boundary of the half tribe that way: all Bashan; so famous for its oxen, and for pasturage for them, and for its oaks, called by Josephus Batanea: all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan; which, besides Bashan, took in the kingdom of Argob or Trachonitis,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And half Gilead,.... The other half not given to the Gadites, who had that half of it which Sihon possessed, and the tribe of Manasseh that half of it which Og possessed, see Deuteronomy 3:12; and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; which are particularly mentioned, because royal cities, Joshua 13:10; see Deuteronomy 1:4;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These [are the countries] which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab,.... Which is particularly described, that each might know their proper portion: on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward; of the land of Canaan; of Jordan by Jericho, [See comments on Numbers 22:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not [any] inheritance,.... Neither on the other side Jordan, nor did he order them any in Canaan; but expressly declared they were to have no part in the division of it, though they were his own tribe; which shows him to be a disinterested man, that he faithfully observed the orders and instructions the Lord...