Joshua Chapter 1 verse 12 Holy Bible
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
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And to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
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And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh spoke Joshua, saying,
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And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
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And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying,
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To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying,
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And to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, hath Joshua spoken, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh (see Numbers 32:1-33). We have here a remarkable instance of undesigned agreement between the various books of the Old Testament: one of those signs of the genuineness of the narrative which would be almost impossible to a compiler of fictitious records. We are told in the passage just cited that the reason why these particular tribes desired an inheritance on the other side Jordan was because they were particularly rich in cattle. Now we learn from other passages that this region was - and travellers tell us that it is to this day - a region particularly suited for pasture. The 'Jewish Chronicle,' in December, 1879, mentions a scheme projected by Mr. Laurence Oliphant for colonising this district for agricultural purposes under the auspices of a company. The "fat bulls of Bashan" were almost proverbial in Scripture. Mesha, king of Moab, was a "sheep master," we read (2 Kings 3:4), and his tribute, rendered in sheep to the king of Israel, was a very large one; especially when we remember that Moab was at that time but little larger than an ordinary English country (see also Deuteronomy 32:14; Ezekiel 39:18). The land to the east of Jordan bore the name Mishor, or level land, as contrasted with the rocky region on the other side of Jordan.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua.--The reference to Numbers 32 explains this order. We have only to observe that these two tribes and a half were not forbidden to leave a sufficient number of their fighting men to protect their homes and families. (See on Joshua 4:12.)