34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
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From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-42)Here, 1. Moses settles this matter with Eleazar, and with Joshua who was to be his successor, knowing that he himself must not live to see it perfected, Num. 32:28-30. He gives them an estate upon condition, leaving it to Joshua, if they fulfilled the condition, to declare the estate absolute: “If they will not go over with you ,” he does not say “you shall give them no inheritance at all,” but “y…
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