Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:12 - 3:20

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:12 - 3:20


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The Division of the Country

v. 12. And this land which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half Mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
Their territory thus extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok.

v. 13. And the rest of Gilead,
the northern half, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. Cf Num_32:33.

v. 14. Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi,
the inhabitants of two small kingdoms in the foothills of Mount Hermon, still independent at the time of David, 2Sa_3:3; 2Sa_10:6; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. Num_32:41.

v. 15. And I gave Gilead,
the northern half, unto Machir.

v. 16. And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley,
the eastern half of the Jordan Valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; for their country was to the northeast of the Reubenites and the Gadites;

v. 17. the plain also,
the lowlands along the Jordan, and Jordan, to the middle of the stream, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth, afterward the Sea of Galilee, even unto the sea of the plain, even the Salt Sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward, which was a hill with springs near the place where the Arnon flows into the Dead Sea.

v. 18. And I commanded you at that time, saying
(these words are addressed to the two and one half tribes which were to occupy the region east of the Jordan), The Lord, your God, hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war, not all those of military age and ability, but a select number, 40,000 going with the army of Israel and 60,000 remaining for the protection of the cities and herds, Num_32:20-32; Jos_4:12-13.

v. 19. But your wives and your little ones and your cattle (for I know that ye have much cattle) shall abide in your cities which I have given you,


v. 20. until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord, your God, hath given them beyond Jordan,
on the west side; and then shall ye return, every man unto his possession which I have given you, Jos_22:4. True brotherly love demands that we bear one another's burden.