52 Andall the gold of the F offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thouſands, and of | tie captains of hundreds, was ſixteen thouſand ſeven | hundred and 6fry ſhekels, |
53 ( For the men of war had taken ſpoil, every man | for himſelf. ) |
54 And Moſes and Eleazar the prieſt took the gold of | the captains of chouſands and of hundreds, and brought it mto the tabernacle of the congregation.,for a memori- al tor the chitdren of Iſrael beforethe LORD.
CHAP, XXXIL
The Reubenites and Gadites ſue for their Inheritance on that ſide Jordan, as being fit for Cattel, 1--5. Moſes reproves them as diſcouraging the People, and herein following their Fathers ill example, 6--15. They promiſe to leave their Children and Cattel there,and go armed before their Brethren till Ca« nan ſhould be ſub1ued, 16--19. Of which condition, they, together with the half Tribe of Manaſſth, obtain their deſire, 20-42,
OW the chiidren of Reuben, and the children of
Gad, had a very great multitude of cattel, and
when they ſaw the land of Jazer a, and the land of Gi- lead. b, thar behold, the place was a place tor cattel :
@ A city and corfhtry taken from the Amerites, Numb. 21.342. þ A
mountainous country, famous for paſturage, Jer. 50. 19.Mic. b. 14. 2 The chiidren of Gad, and the chiidren of Reuben
gang and ſpake unto Moſes, and to Eleazar the pricft, |
BB K Chap, XX XII and unto the princes of the congregation, ſaying, 3 Ataroth c, and Dibon,and Jezer,andNimiah 4, and Heſhbon,and Elcaich,and Shebam e,ard Nebo,& Beonf. c Different from that Ataroth, Joſh.16.2.7.-which was on the other ſide of Jordan. d Called peth-rimrah,uer.z6.and Jef 13.27.and the waters of Nimrim, Jſa.1.5,6. eCalled Shibmah,ver.z8. f Which is thought to be the ſame place called 2azl-meon,uer. 3& and Beth-meon, Jer. 48- 23. { 4 Even the countrey * which the LORD ſmote be- * chap. 2} fore the congregation of Iſrael g, is a land for cattel,and 24:34. #4 thy ſervants have cattel, g And-given to them for a poſſeſſion, in the ſame manner as he will give the land of Canaan: 5 Wherefore, ſaid they, if we have found grace in thy ſight, let this land be given unto thy ſervants for a poitefhion : and bring us not over Jordan b. h To wit, to give us our poſſeſſion there, but let this land on this ſide Jordan be our whole poſleſiton. 6 And Moſes faid unto the children of Gad, and to the chiidren of Reuben, Shal your brethren go to war, and thal ye fit here z ? 7 In eaſe and peace, whileſt your brethren are engaged in a bloo-
dy war. Their words were ambiguous, and Moſes thought this to be an aft of unbeliefand floth, and ſelf-love and policy
7 And wherefore | diſcourage ye the iicart of the 4 Heb, | children of I{rael, from going overinto the 'and which break. . | the LORD hath given them 2 _- |
8 Thus did your fathers, when I * ſent them from * ch. 13.3. Kadeih-barnea * to ſee the land. * Deur. 1.8
9 For * when they went up into the valley of Eſhcol, +; and ſaw the land, they diſcouraged the heart of the | children of Iſrael, that they ſhould not go & into the land which the LORD had given them. |
k That they ſhould not attempt ro go, but rather return to E- gypt, Numb. 14. 4.
io And tke LORDS anger was Kindled the ſame time, and he ſware, ſaying,
11 Surely none of the men that came up eut of Egypt, * frem twenty years old and upward, (bal ſee the land which I ſware unto Abraham, unto Iſaac, and unto ja- [ cob, becauſe * they have nor + wholly followed me: * chap.14z 3
I2 Save Caleb the fon of Jephunneh the Kenezice /, 28, 29. | and Joſhua the ſon of Nun: for they have wholly folow- * +Þ4P-14+ | ed the LORD. +tixeb. futs |
{ So called from Kenaz, his grand-father, or one of his eminent filled after ancettors, Jo. 195.17. 1 Chron. 4. 13, 14, IF. >. .
13 And the LORDS anger was kindled againſt Iſra- _ el, and he made them wander in the wilderneſs forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the light of the LORD were conſumed.
14 And, behold, ye are rifen up in your fathers ſtead, an increaſe of ſinful men w, to augment yet the fierce anger ofthe LORD toward Iſrael.
_ m Succeeding your fathers, as in their places and eſtates, ſo alſo in their ſins,
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderneſs, and ye ſhal deſtroy all this people n.
» Who being moved by your counſel and example, will refuſe to go over Jordan, and to poſleſs the land of Canaan.
16And they came near unto him,and ſaid, We will build ſheep-folds here for our cattel,& cities for our little ones:
17 But we our ſelves o will go ready armed before the children of Ifrae}, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones fhal dwell in the fen- ced cities, becauſe of the inhabitants of the land p.
_ 0 Either all, or as many of us as ſhall be thought neceſlary, lea- ving only ſo many as may be neceſſary to provide for the ſuſte- nance and defence of our wives and children here. See Jof: 4: 12, 13.- þ The Moabites and Edomites, or other bordering people.
i8* We will not return unto our houſes, until tkechil- *Joſh.22.4 dren of I{racl have inhericedevery man his inheritance :
i9 For we will not inherit with them en yonder ſide Jerdan, or torward, becauſe our inheritanceis fallen to us on this ſide Jordan eaſtward,
20 And* Moſes ſaid unto them, If ye will do this *Joſh.1r.13 thing, if ye will goarmed before che LORD þ, to war,
? Either x. ſincerely and heartily, asin God's preſence. Orrather | 2. before the Ark, which was the token of God's preſence. Heallndes - either to the order of the rribes in their march, whereby Reuben and Gad marched next and immediately before the Ark,as appears from Numb: 2: 10,14,16,17. Or to the manner of their paſſage over Jordan, wherein the Ark went firſt into 5o-42n, and ſtood there whileſt all the tribes marched over Jordan by and before it, Jo: 3: and 4: and theſe amongit thereſt, as is exprely noted in theſe very words, that they paſſed over before the Lord, Jo). 4: 13.
21 And will go all of you armedover Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him.
22 And* the land be {ubdned before the LORD 9g; chen afterward ye ihal return, and be guiltleſs before the LORD, and before Iſrael ; and * this land thal be» Der. ,, your poſleflion beiore the LORD. 72, 15,16.
q (4. e. ) By his preſence and gracions and powerful #fiftarice, Joib-r.e5.
2 E By 2983 73. 8,
13:24. | "F
* Deurt. 7.