Numbers 32:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.

Cross References

Genesis 13:2

Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

Genesis 13:5

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

Genesis 29:32

Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 47:4

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”

2 Samuel 24:5

They crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and then proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

2 Samuel 24:6

They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites and continued on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

1 Chronicles 4:41

These who were recorded by name came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, attacked the Hamites’ tents and the Meunites who were found there, and set them apart for destruction, as they are today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture for their flocks.

Exodus 12:38

An ethnically diverse crowd also went up with them, along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds.

Jeremiah 22:6

For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are like Gilead to Me, or the summit of Lebanon, but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities.

Jeremiah 48:32

I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah, with more than the weeping for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they have reached to the sea and to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

Jeremiah 50:19

I will return Israel to his grazing land, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan; he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about?

Micah 7:14

Shepherd Your people with Your staff, the flock that is Your possession. They live alone in a woodland surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in ancient times.

Numbers 21:32

After Moses sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Numbers 32:2

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said:

Numbers 32:26

Our little children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

Numbers 32:3

“The territory of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:35

Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

Deuteronomy 33:21

He chose the best part for himself, because a ruler’s portion was assigned there for him. He came with the leaders of the people; he carried out the Lord’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.

Joshua 13:25

this as their territory: Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites to Aroer, near Rabbah;

Joshua 22:13

The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead.

Joshua 22:9

The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they took possession of according to the Lord’s command through Moses.

1 John 2:16

For everything that belongs to the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle — is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Judges 5:16

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds listening to the playing of pipes for the flocks? There was great searching of heart among the clans of Reuben.