Chapter 32:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
Numbers 32
Concise Complete
The tribes of Reuben and Gad request an inheritance on
the east of Jordan. (1-5) Moses reproves the Reubenites and Gadites. (6-15) They
explain their views, Moses consents. (16-27) They take possession of the land to
the east of Jordan. (28-42)
Verses 1-5 Here
is a proposal made by the Reubenites and Gadites, that the land lately conquered
might be allotted to them. Two things common in the world might lead these
tribes to make this choice; the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. There
was much amiss in the principle they went upon; they consulted their own private
convenience more than the public good. Thus to the present time, many seek their
own things more than the things of Jesus Christ; and are led by worldly
interests and advantages to take up short of the heavenly Canaan.
Verses 6-15 The
proposal showed disregard to the land of Canaan, distrust of the Lord's promise,
and unwillingness to encounter the difficulties and dangers of conquering and
driving out the inhabitants of that land. Moses is wroth with them. It will
becomes any of God's Israel to sit down unconcerned about the difficult and
perilous concerns of their brethren, whether public or personal. He reminds them
of the fatal consequences of the unbelief and faint-heartedness of their
fathers, when they were, as themselves, just ready to enter Canaan. If men
considered as they ought what would be the end of sin, they would be afraid of
the beginning of it.
Verses 16-27
Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the
danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All
men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of
love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be
occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the
children of Israel into the land of Canaan, and that they should not return till
the conquest of Canaan was ended. Moses grants their request, but he warns them
of the danger of breaking their word. If you fail, you sin against the Lord, and
not against your brethren only; God will certainly reckon with you for it. Be
sure your sin will find you out. Sin will surely find out the sinner sooner or
later. It concerns us now to find our sins out, that we may repent of them, and
forsake them, lest they find us out to our ruin.
Verses 28-42
Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities,
that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were
idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of
seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others,
is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith,
sensible of the goodness of God, constrained by the love of Christ, sanctified
by the power of the Holy Ghost, and yet be indifferent to the progress of
religion, and the spiritual success of others, through love of ease, or fear of
conflict. Let then your light so shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Chapter 32:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
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