Números 32:2

2 se acercaron a Moisés, al sacerdote Eleazar y a los otros jefes de la comunidad y les dijeron:

Números 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.

Números 32:2 In-Context

1 Tribus al oriente del Jordán
Las tribus de Rubén y Gad poseían una enorme cantidad de animales. Así que cuando vieron que las tierras de Jazer y Galaad eran ideales para sus rebaños y manadas,

2 se acercaron a Moisés, al sacerdote Eleazar y a los otros jefes de la comunidad y les dijeron:

3 —Observen las ciudades de Atarot, Dibón, Jazer, Nimra, Hesbón, Eleale, Sibma,
Nebo y Beón.

4 El Señor
conquistó todo este territorio para la comunidad de Israel y es ideal para todos nuestros animales.

5 Si contamos con su favor, permítannos ocupar esta tierra como nuestra propiedad en lugar de darnos tierra al otro lado del río Jordán.