Read Numbers 32 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
32:1-4 {s} The east side of the Jordan, a land for livestock
32:5-15 {s} Reuben, Gad: do not take us over the Jordan; Moses’ rebuke
32:16-19 {p} We will cross over armed with Israel
32:20-42 {p} Reuben, Gad, half Manasseh inherit east of the Jordan
Numbers 32:1-42 Chiastic Structure:
The central axis shines a spotlight on the children of Israel receiving their inheritance. The abstract concept of inheritance in the Hebrew is from Strong’s H5157, נחל nachal, a primitive verb meaning, “to receive an inheritance.” The 3-letter root is nun + chet + lamed.
nun ן ,נ = the seed, thus continue, heir, son
chet ח = the wall, thus outside, divide, half
lamed ל = the shepherd’s staff, thus teach, yoke, to, bind
The Hebrew Root Word parable is of the heir (nun) receiving what has been divided (chet) to him by his father (lamed).
Father God promised this land to father Abraham and his seed as an inheritance (Gen 13:14-17). It is History that Prophesies of Yeshua, the Promised Seed, inheriting the world.
God, who at sundry times and in diverse ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, being made so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Heb 1:1-4
And through Him, the inheritance was given to the children. That’s me and you!
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Gal 3:29
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Mat 5:5
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