| 22 But if ye will not do ſo,behold,ye have ſinned a- eainſt the LORD; and be ſure your ſinr will find you out. y (5.6. ) The puniſh mcar of your ſin;as/that word is very oft uſed. 24 Build ye cities for your little ones, and folds for your ſheep, and do that which hath proceeded out 0 'our mouth 5- | E * Which you have uttered and promiſed to do. Sce this or the like phraſe, Numb. zo: 2. Mar. 15. 18. : | Ky And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, Thy ſervants will do as my lord- commandeth. | | 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our | cattel ſbal be there in the cities of Gilead 7. | t Largely ſo called, as that word 3s oft uſed, for thar whole q country beyond Jordan, aSin other places it 1s taken more ſtr:&ly 4 for a part of it, as here below, verſe 39, 40. and elſewhere.
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Hh Joſh. 4. _ 27 * But thy ſervaiits wili palsover,every man armed Bt: >. or war, before the LORD to barrel, as my lord fuich. & Joſh. 1 "28 So * concerning them, Moſes commanded Elea- b3-./ zar the prieft, and Joſhua che ſon of Nun,and the chicf
fathers of the tribes of the children of 1frael : |
29: And Moſes faid unto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben will paſs with you over Jordan, every man armed to batrel before the. LORD, and tbe land ſhal be ſubdued before you, then ye ſhal give them the laad of Gilead for a poileflion :
- 30 Bur if they will nor paſs over with you armed,they ſhal have poſſeſſion among youin theland of Canaan s.
« They ſhall forfeit and loſe their poſſeſſions in Gilead, and thall be conſtrained to go over Jordan, and to ſeek poſſeſſions there a- mons their brethren. ;
by And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben anſwered, ſaying, As the LORD hath {aid x unto thy ſervants, fo will we do.
x Either ar this time by thy mouth : or formerly ,where he com- mandeth us as well as our brethrento go into Canaan and potllets it.
22 We will paſs over armed before the LORD into the land oft Canaan, that the poſieflion of our inheri-
tance on this fide Jordan »ay be ours :
23 And * Moſes gave unto them,even to the children of Gad,and to the children of Reuben,and unto half the tribe of Manaſſch y the ſon of Joſeph, the * kingdom of
ihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Baihan, the land with the cities thereof, in the coalts, even the Cities of the country round about,
3 Who are there added to the Tribes of Reuben and Gad, either be- cauſe "upon the good ſucceſs of the two Tribes of Reuben and Gad, they were encouraged ro make the ſame requeſt for themſelves, as having much'catte}, as well as they : or becauſe upon further con- fideration it was found that this portion of land was more than fut- ficient for thoſe two tribes,and it was given by Mo/es to theſe rather than to any other, becauſe they fought againſt rhe Amorites with great courage and ſucceſs, here verſe 39. and Fol. 17. ki
24” And the chiidren of Gad built z Dibon, and A- _ taroth, and Aroer,
2 ( i.e. ) Repairedand fortified, as that word is oft uſed,as 1 King. 12. 25. 2 King. 14. 22. 2 Chron. $. 1. and 11. 5, ©. and 26. 2. Dan. 4- 3o. For they neither had need nor leiſure as yet to do more, the o1d cities not being burnt and ruined, as divers in Canaan were.
25 And Atroth,Shophan,and *Jaazer,and Jogbehah,
6 And * Beth-nimrah,and Beth-haran,fenced cities:
and folds ſor ſheep.
' 27 And the children of Reuben *buile Heſhbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
*Seever:3 38 And Nebos, and Baal-meon, ( * their names be- Joſh: 23:7. ing changed b ) and Shibmah: and þ gave other names THed 2 unto thecities which they buiided.
_—_— Of which city ſee Deur.34.1.Jer-48-1. b Either becauſe conquerors -<0ihwY of places uſe to do ſo: or becauſe the names of other gods ( which Nebo "age A and Baal-meon unqueitionably were ) were not to be mentioned, Exod. ONT. , 23.13.eſpecially ar the firſt ſertling of the 1/raelites there,that the ve- a ry femembrance of the Idols might be blotted out, and fo the tem- ptation t6 Idolatry removed,though afterwards, when that danger was over,they were called by their old names again, Joſ: 13: 17, 20. * Gen:5o: F9 And thechildren of * Machir the fon of Manaiſleh 23. went to Gilead, and took it c,and diſpoſſeiied the Amo- * xites which was 1n It.
c( 7. e. ) Part of it,or Gilead is here taken more ſtrictly. See above on verſe 29: and Gen; 31: 21: Deut: 3: 12, 13.
40 And Mofes* gave Gilead unto Machir the ſon of Manafſeh 4, and he dwelt cherein.
d ( 7. e. ) Not to Machir himſelf, who doubtleſs was long ſince dead, (ſee Gen:50:23:) bur the family or poſterity of Machir, which are cal- Jed by their fathers name;as the names of Abraham, 4#:7:16: of 1/a- ac, Amos F: g: of Jacob or Iſrael frequently ,of Judah and Simeon,Judg. 1: 3. of David, 1 King: 12: 6: are manifeſtly put for their poſterity. 41 And* Jair the ſon of Manaiſeh e went and took " the {mall cowns thereof, and called them Havoth- jair.
e Called here the ſon of Manaſſeh, partly becauſe he was ſo by his mother, Chron:2:21,22:and partly becauſe he joined himſelf with the -* > Manaſſites in this expedition, and ſettled himſelf among them. Feb. 42 And Nobah f went and took Kenath, and the + 7:2iter;, Viliages thereof,and called ic Nobah,after bis own name.
f Who, though not elſewhere named, was doubtleſs an eminent perſon of the Tribe of Manaſſeh,
| *Deut:3:2 Joſh:1 J: 8: ] and 22: +4- | * chap:21: 24) 33*
*Ver: 1:3
® Denr. 3. I2, 13,15.
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Chap. AXADT CH A ÞP; XXXIHI. =.
A relation of the marches and campings of the Iſraelites from Exypt to Gans
an, 1-=50. They are commanded to drive out the Canaanites, and deſtroj their P:fures, Molten Images, and high Places, - and to divide the Land by Lot, 51--54. The Canaanites,if not diſpoſſeſfd, ſhould trouble md wer them;omd God would do to them as he thought to do to the others, 55, 56, Hele are the journeys of the chiidren of Iracl, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with
their armies a, under the hand of Moſes and 4aron. a ( 7.2, ) In great number and exadt order, as armies march, and
rhcy did, Exod. 12. 37, 38. and 13. 18.