Study it in the app“So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh returned and went away from the sons of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had taken possession of according to the command of YHWH through Moses.”
So the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Reuben,רְאוּבֵןthe sonsוּבְנֵיof Gad,גָדand the halfוַחֲצִיtribeשֵׁבֶטof Manassehהַמְנַשֶּׁהreturnedיָּשֻׁבוּand wentוַיֵּלְכוּaway fromמֵאֵתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלat Shiloh,מִשִּׁלֹהwhichאֲשֶׁרisin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןto goלָלֶכֶתtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָדtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof their possession,אֲחֻזָּתָםwhichאֲשֶׁרthey had taken possession ofנֹאחֲזוּ בָהּaccording to the commandעַל פִּיof YHWHיְהוָהthroughבְּיַדMoses.מֹשֶׁה
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” 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” appearsShiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearspossession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuzata” appearspossess
To keep a land and settle in it.
Where else “nochazu” appearsaccording to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears1Shiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
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).
3Gilead
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).
8and said to them, saying, “With great riches return to your tents, and with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very many garments. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”
9 · This verse (above)
10And they came to the regions of the Jordan that are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to be seen.
