Passage Research
Numbers 32 — Sermon Preparation
The tribes of Reuben and Gad — and half of Manasseh — request the land east of the Jordan; Moses grants it on condition that they cross and fight alongside the other tribes. Below is a research summary for Numbers 32, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 42
- verses
- 555 / 184
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 32 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רְאוּבֵן | Rᵉʼûwbên | H7205 | 8 | Reuben |
| גָּד | Gâd | H1410 | 8 | Gad |
| חָלַץ | châlats | H2502 | 7 | pull off, strip |
| מִקְנֶה | miqneh | H4735 | 6 | bought, property |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 8 | Mosheh |
| יַרְדֵּן | Yardên | H3383 | 6 | Jarden |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 8 | city, waking |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 32, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 32:28–42 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gilead 1— Num 32:1
- Jazer— Num 32:1
- Egypt— Num 32:11
- Jordan— Num 32:19
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