Números 32:2

2 Por isso foram a Moisés, ao sacerdote Eleazar e aos líderes da comunidade e disseram:

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 As tribos de Rúben e de Gade, donas de numerosos rebanhos, viram que as terras de Jazar e de Gileade eram próprias para a criação de gado.

2 Por isso foram a Moisés, ao sacerdote Eleazar e aos líderes da comunidade e disseram:

3 “Atarote, Dibom, Jazar, Ninra, Hesbom, Eleale, Sebã, Nebo e Beom,

4 terras que o SENHOR subjugou perante a comunidade de Israel, são próprias para a criação de gado, e os seus servos possuem gado”.

5 E acrescentaram: “Se podemos contar com o favor de vocês, deixem que essa terra seja dada a estes seus servos como herança. Não nos façam atravessar o Jordão”.