August 2, 2011
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The Victorious Life of Joshua Part 28
Num 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Num 32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
Num 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
Num 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Num 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Num 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Num 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
Num 32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
Num 32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Num 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
Num 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Num 32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
Num 32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan [may be] ours.
The children of Gad & Reuben initiated this contract, and Moses ordered Joshua to honor it, as long as they fulfilled their end of the contract.
Num 32:33 And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the country round about.
Sihon = “warrior”
Amorite = “a sayer”
Og = “long-necked”
Bashan = “fruitful”
Num 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
Gad = “troop”
Dibon = “wasting”
Ataroth = “crowns”
Aroer = “ruins”
Num 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
Atroth-shophan = “crowns of their rapine”
Jazer or Jaazer = “helped”
Jogbehah = “lofty”
Num 32:36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Beth-Nimrah = “house of the leopard”
Beth-haran = “house of their mount: house of the joyful shouter”
Num 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
Heshbon = “stronghold”
Elealeh = “God is ascending”
Kiriathaim = “two cities”
Num 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Nebo = “prophet”
Baal-meon = “lord of the habitation”
Shebam or Shibmah or Sibmah = “fragrance”
Num 32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.
Num 32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
Num 32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
Num 32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Machir = “sold”
Manasseh = “causing to forget”
Gilead = “rocky region”
Amorite = “a sayer”
Jair = “he enlightens”
Manasseh = “causing to forget”
Havoth-jair = “villages of Jair”
Nobah = “barking”
Kenath = “possession”
Jos 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Once again, the number forty appears. (check my study on the cycle of 40) This means it is a Spirit-led action.
