Study it in the app“Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross with you the Jordan, every armed man for the war before YHWH, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.”
Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Ifאִםthe sonsבְנֵיof Gadגָדand the sonsוּבְנֵיof Reubenרְאוּבֵןcrossיַעַבְרוּwith youאִתְּכֶםthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןeveryכָּלarmed manחָלוּץfor the warלַמִּלְחָמָהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהand the landוְ הָאָרֶץis subduedנִכְבְּשָׁהbefore you,לִפְנֵיכֶםthen you shall giveוּנְתַתֶּםthemלָהֶםthe landאֶרֶץof Gileadהַגִּלְעָדas a possession.לַאֲחֻזָּה
Moses
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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” 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” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsarm
To get ready for war.
Where else “chaluts” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearssubdue
To put a land or a people under one's own power until they are held in subjection.
Where else “nichbsha” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netatem” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearspossession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appears1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Gilead
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).
28So Moses gave orders concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
29 · This verse (above)
30But if they do not cross armed with you, then they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
