Mínshùjì 32:2

2 Jiù lái jiàn Móxī hé jìsī YǐlìYàsā , bìng huì zhòng de shǒulǐng , shuō ,

Mínshùjì 32:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:2

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake
unto Moses
The children of Gad are mentioned first, though Reuben was the firstborn, and had a standard under which Gad pitched: it may be, as Aben Ezra thinks, the Gadites were the first authors of this counsel, the contrivers of this scheme; who first moved it to the Reubenites, which they had an opportunity of doing, lying encamped by them; or however, they might be the most busy and active in this affair, or the best spokesmen; for it could be only some, in the name of the whole, that addressed Moses on this account, and spoke to him about it:

and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation;
who perhaps were the seventy elders, and with Moses the chief ruler, and Eleazar the high priest, made up the grand sanhedrim, or great council of the nation, and were undoubtedly the most proper persons to apply unto:

saying:
as follows.

Mínshùjì 32:2 In-Context

1 Liúbiàn zǐsūn hé Jiādé zǐsūn de shēngchù jíqí zhòngduō . tāmen kànjian Yǎxiè dì hé Jīliè dì shì kè mù fàng shēngchù zhī dì ,

2 Jiù lái jiàn Móxī hé jìsī YǐlìYàsā , bìng huì zhòng de shǒulǐng , shuō ,

3 Yàdà lù , Yǎxiè , níng lā , Xīshíbĕn , Yǐlìyà lì , shì bān , ní bō , bǐ wĕn ,

4 Jiù shì Yēhéhuá zaì Yǐsèliè huì zhòng qiánmian suǒ gōng qǔ zhī dì , shì kè mù fàng shēngchù zhī dì , nǐ púrén yĕ yǒu shēngchù .

5 Yòu shuō , wǒmen ruò zaì nǐ yǎnqián mĕng ēn , qiú nǐ bǎ zhè dì gĕi wǒmen wéi yè , búyào lǐng wǒmen guō Yuēdànhé .