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Numbers 32
Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great
multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of
Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
2 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,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a
land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be
given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall
your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going
over into the land which the Lord hath given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.
9 For when they went up unto 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.
10 And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years
old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for
they have wholly followed the Lord.
13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in
the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the
sight of the Lord, was consumed.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful
men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the
wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our
cattle, and cities for our little ones:
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we
have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the
fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have
inherited every man his inheritance.
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Joshua 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this
day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your
God.
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Joshua 22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto
your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get
you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession,
which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side
Jordan.
19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because
our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed
before the Lord to war,
21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath
driven out his enemies from before him,
22 And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and
be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your
possession before the Lord.
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be
sure your sin will find you out.
24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that
which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
25 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 cattle, shall be there in
the cities of Gilead:
27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to
battle, as my lord saith.
28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of
Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and
the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead
for a possession:
30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions
among you in the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the
Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
32 We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the
possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of
Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of
Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with
the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave
other names unto the cities which they builded.
39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it,
and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and
called them Havoth-jair.
42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah,
after his own name.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
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