Números 32:2

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2 Y vinieron los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rub茅n, y hablaron a Mois茅s, y a Eleazar el sacerdote, y a los pr铆ncipes de la congregaci贸n, diciendo:

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.

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Números 32:2 In-Context

1 Y los hijos de Rub茅n y los hijos de Gad ten铆an much铆simo ganado; los cuales viendo la tierra de Jazer y de Galaad, les pareci贸 el lugar, lugar de ganado.
2 Y vinieron los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rub茅n, y hablaron a Mois茅s, y a Eleazar el sacerdote, y a los pr铆ncipes de la congregaci贸n, diciendo:
3 Atarot, y Dib贸n, y Jazer, y Nimra, y Hesb贸n, y Eleale, y Sebam, y Nebo, y Be贸n,
4 la tierra que el SE脩OR hiri贸 delante de la congregaci贸n de Israel, es tierra de ganado, y tus siervos tienen ganado.
5 Por tanto , dijeron, si hallamos gracia en tus ojos, d茅se esta tierra a tus siervos en heredad, y no nos hagas pasar el Jord谩n.
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