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NUMBERS CHAPTER 32
The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on that side Jordan, as being fit for cattle, Num_32:1-5. Moses reproves them as discouraging the people, and herein following their fathers’ ill example, Num_32:6-15. They promise to leave their children and cattle there, and go armed before their brethren till Canaan should be subdued, Num_32:16-19; on which condition they, together with the half-tribe of Manasseh, obtain their desire, Num_32:20-42.
Jazer; a city and country taken from the Amorites, Num_21:32. Gilead; a mountainous country, famous for pasturage, Jer_1:19 Mic_7:14.