The Children of Israel Bible Study

Numbers 32 Rueben and Gad Settle in Gilead The children of Rueben and the children of Gad, had very large herds and flocks, and when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock, they came to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, and said, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon; the land the Lord subdued before the people of Israel, are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” “If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.” Moses said to the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, “Should your brethren go to war while you sit here? Why do you discourage the children of Israel from crossing over into the land the LORD has given them?” “This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to look over the land. After they went up to the valley of...