Study it in the app“Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and they brought back word to them.”
Then Phinehasוַ פִּינְחָסsonבֶּןof Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןand the chiefs,וְהַנְּשִׂיאִיםreturnedיָּשָׁבfromמֵאֵתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Reubenרְאוּבֵןand fromוּמֵאֵתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Gad,גָדfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָדtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןtoאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand they brought backוַיָּשִׁבוּwordדָּבָרto them.אוֹתָם
Phinehas
Phinehas, the name of two priests: the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Numbers 25:7) and one of the two sons of Eli (1 Samuel 1:3); also the father of a priest after the exile (Ezra 8:33).
Where else “pinchas” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsEleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearschief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesiim” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appearsReuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appearsGad
Gad, (1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".
Where else “gad” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
31And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Manasseh, “Today we know that YHWH is in our midst, because you have not committed this unfaithfulness against YHWH. Now you have delivered the sons of Israel from the hand of YHWH.”
32 · This verse (above)
33And the report was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel; and the sons of Israel blessed Elohim, and did not speak of going up against them with the army to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad lived.
