신명기 3:12-29 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Having shown how this country which they were now in was conquered, in these verses he shows how it was settled upon the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, which we had the story of before, Num. 32:1-42 Here is the rehearsal. 1. Moses specifies the particular parts of the country that were allotted to each tribe, especially the distribution of the lot to the half tribe of Manasseh, the subdividing of which tribe is observable. Joseph was divided into Ephraim and Manasseh;... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:21-29

Here is I. The encouragement which Moses gave to Joshua, who was to succeed him in the government, Deut. 3:21, 22. He commanded him not to fear. This those that are aged and experienced in the service of God should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those that are young, and setting out in religion. Two things he would have him consider for his encouragement:?1. What God has done. Joshua had seen what a total defeat God had given by the forces of Israel to these two kings, and thence... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:12

And this land, which we possessed at that time ,.... Or took possession of, having conquered it; for it still remained in their possession: from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon : on the borders of Moab, from thence as far as Gilead was the land which was taken from Sihon king of Heshbon, Deuteronomy 2:36 . and half Mount Gilead, and the cities thereof : which were taken from Og king of Bashan, Deuteronomy 3:10 . gave I unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites ; at their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:13

And the rest of Gilead ,.... The other half of the mount, with the cities belonging to it: and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh ; see Numbers 32:33 . all the region of Argob, with all Bashan ; the region of Trachonitis, in Bashan; see Deuteronomy 3:4 , which was called the land of giants ; or of Rephaim; this Jarchi says is the country of the Rephaim given to Abraham, Genesis 15:20 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob ,.... Or Trachonitis; the small towns belonging to Gilead, as in Numbers 32:41 . unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi ; these were little kingdoms in Syria, on which the country of Argob bordered, and had kings over them in the time of David, and came not into the possession of the Israelites; see Joshua 13:13 . and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day ; see Numbers 32:41 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:15

And I gave Gilead unto Machir. The son of Manasseh; not to him personally, who cannot be thought to have been living at this time, but to his posterity, to the Machirites; see Numbers 32:40 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:16

And unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites ,.... The tribes of Reuben and Gad: I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon : see Deuteronomy 3:12 . half the valley and the border ; or rather half the river, the river Arnon; and so it is rendered "the middle of the river", in Joshua 12:2 and so here the middle of the torrent by the Vulgate Latin and Septuagint versions, and by Onkelos: even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon ; beyond which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:17

The plain also, and Jordan ,.... The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river: and the coast thereof ; the country adjoining to it: from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea ; that is, from Gennesaret, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, called the land of Gennesaret, Matthew 14:34 , from thence to the sea of Sodom, the sea of the plain, where the cities of the plain stood, Sodom, Gomorrah, &c.; and the salt... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:18

And I commanded you at that time ,.... Not all Israel, but the tribes of Reuben and God, and the half tribe of Manasseh; for what follows only concerns them: saying, the Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it ; the land before described, lately in the hands of Sihon and Og; this at their request Moses gave them, by the direction of the Lord, on the following condition: you shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:19

But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle ,.... These were to be left behind: for I know that ye have much cattle ; which made the countries of Gilead and Bashan, so famous for pasturage, agreeable to them; see Numbers 32:1 these, under the care of servants, and also their wives and children: shall abide in your cities which I have given you ; and which they rebuilt and repaired, Numbers 32:34 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:21-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:19

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