...aware of the meditated invasion, and had made formidable preparations for the defence of their country. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, preferred settling in the land east of the Jordan, but they sent a contingent of forty thousand men...

...war followed, in which the nation was aearly destroyed, and the wicked prophet Balaam slain. And now the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, sought permission from Moses to settle on the east side of Jordan, in the countries they had lately...

...necessaries; and he was not willing to besiege it in form. He therefore sent his fleet to Tyre, and marched into Galilee. After having subjected it by the taking...the river Jordan, left the government of Samaria to Ilippplochus and Kereas. who had deserted Ptolemy's service, and come over to him, and he gave them...

...afterwards under that of Joshua. Josh. i. 1, 2. Q. What portion of the Israelites had the land on A. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. Num. xxxii. 33. Q. Why were these and the other tribes so named ? A. From their ancestors, Reuben,...

...blessings and curses ; he consecrated Joshua as his successor, and assigned the east-Jordanic territory to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, whose numerous flocks gave them special claims to this fertile pasture-land. He spake the words of...

...cities, he passed the river Jordan, entered Gilead, and possessed himself of all that country, for merly the inheritance of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and...the river Jordan, left the government of Samaria to Hippolochus and Kereas. who had deserted Ptolemy's service, and come over to liim, and he gave thjm...

...accordance with bis own patriotic desire, to make a solemn appointment of Joshua as his successor. » The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, having applied for a grant of the territory which hwl been conquered on the east of Jordan, as their...

...given to the army, and the other half to the people. The lands taken from Sihon and Og were given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, on condition that they should assist in the conquest of the remaining portion of Canaan. In order to...

...the time of his decease was at hand, accompanied with a charge to appoint Joshua as his successor. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, having applied for a grant of territory on the east of Jordan, as their portion of the promised inheritance,...

...him, however, began the work of conquest, the rich pasture lands of Gilead and Hasan were subdued, and the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh were permitted to take these as their inheritance, though beyond the proper boundary, the Jordan. The...