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Good News Translation

Numbers 32:2

they went to Moses, Eleazar, and the other leaders of the community and said,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cattle;   Gad;   Gilead;   Government;   Haste;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Petition;   Uncharitableness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Gad, the Tribe of;   Reuben, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Reuben;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Eleazar;   Gad;   Heshbon;   Manasseh, tribe of;   Reuben;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Land (of Israel);   Easton Bible Dictionary - City;   Gad;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bashan;   Gad (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nebo;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gad;   Israel;   Manasseh;   Reuben;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'besh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Reuben;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
the children of Gad and the children of Re'uven came and spoke to Moshe, and to El`azar the Kohen, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
King James Version
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,
Lexham English Bible
The descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben came, and they said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, saying,
English Standard Version
So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation,
New Century Version
they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the people.
New English Translation
the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,
Amplified Bible
So the sons of Gad and of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
New American Standard Bible
the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
so the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
Contemporary English Version
So they went to Moses, Eleazar, and the other leaders of Israel and said,
Complete Jewish Bible
the descendants of Gad and of Re'uven came and spoke to Moshe, El‘azar the cohen and the community leaders. They said,
Darby Translation
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the assembly, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
So the people from the tribes of Reuben and Gad came to Moses. They spoke to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the people.
George Lamsa Translation
The children of Reuben and the children of Gad came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the princes of the congregation,
Christian Standard Bible®
So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the leaders of the community and said:
Literal Translation
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came in and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the rulers of the congregation, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and came & spake vnto Moses and to Eleasar the prest, and to the captaynes of the congregacion:
American Standard Version
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,
Bible in Basic English
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, came & spake vnto Moyses and Eleazar the priest, and vnto the lordes of the congregation, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying:
King James Version (1611)
The children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, came and spake vnto Moses, and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Princes of the Congregation, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
English Revised Version
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,
Berean Standard Bible
So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thei camen to Moyses and Eleazar, preest, and to the princes of the multitude, and seiden,
Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Reuben, come in and speak unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the company, saying:
Update Bible Version
the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
World English Bible
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
New King James Version
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
New Living Translation
they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the other leaders of the community. They said,
New Life Bible
So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and Eleazar the religious leader and the leaders of the people,
New Revised Standard
the Gadites and the Reubenites came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came in, - and spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of assembly, saying,
Douay-Rheims Bible
They came to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and the princes of the multitude, and said:
Revised Standard Version
So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Elea'zar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 The tribes of Reuben and Gad had a lot of livestock. When they saw how suitable the land of Jazer and Gilead was for cattle, 2 they went to Moses, Eleazar, and the other leaders of the community and said, 3"This region which the Lord has helped the Israelites occupy—the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon—is good land for livestock, and we have so much livestock. 5 Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the Jordan River and settle there." 6 Moses replied, "Do you want to stay here while the other Israelites go to war? 7 How dare you try to discourage the people of Israel from crossing the Jordan into the land which the Lord has given them? 8 That is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. 9 They went as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, but when they returned, they discouraged the people from entering the land which the Lord had given them. 10 The Lord became angry that day and made a promise: 11 ‘I swear that because they did not remain loyal to me, none of the men twenty years old or older who came out of Egypt will enter the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Joshua 13:7 - General Joshua 21:8 - as the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 32:26
The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.
Genesis 32:27
"What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he answered.
Joshua 5:14
"Neither," the man answered. "I am here as the commander of the Lord 's army." Joshua threw himself on the ground in worship and said, "I am your servant, sir. What do you want me to do?"
Joshua 21:38
From the tribe of Gad they received four cities: Ramoth in Gilead, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Mahanaim,
2 Samuel 2:8
The commander of Saul's army, Abner son of Ner, had fled with Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan to Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 2:12
Abner and the officials of Ishbosheth went from Mahanaim to the city of Gibeon.
2 Samuel 17:24
David had reached the town of Mahanaim by the time Absalom and the Israelites had crossed the Jordan.
1 Kings 2:8
"There is also Shimei son of Gera, from the town of Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me bitterly the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he met me at the Jordan River, I gave him my solemn promise in the name of the Lord that I would not have him killed.
1 Kings 4:14
Ahinadab son of Iddo: the district of Mahanaim
2 Kings 6:17
Then he prayed, "O Lord , open his eyes and let him see!" The Lord answered his prayer, and Elisha's servant looked up and saw the hillside covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses,.... The children of Gad are mentioned first, though Reuben was the firstborn, and had a standard under which Gad pitched: it may be, as Aben Ezra thinks, the Gadites were the first authors of this counsel, the contrivers of this scheme; who first moved it to the Reubenites, which they had an opportunity of doing, lying encamped by them; or however, they might be the most busy and active in this affair, or the best spokesmen; for it could be only some, in the name of the whole, that addressed Moses on this account, and spoke to him about it:

and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation; who perhaps were the seventy elders, and with Moses the chief ruler, and Eleazar the high priest, made up the grand sanhedrim, or great council of the nation, and were undoubtedly the most proper persons to apply unto:

saying: as follows.


 
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