And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
Parallel translations
- WEB On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty thousand.
- KJV And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
- NKJV of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of weapon of war.
- NASB From the other side of the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 with all kinds of weapons of war for the battle.
- NLT From the east side of the Jordan River—where the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh lived—there were 120,000 troops armed with every kind of weapon.
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The Transjordan tribes—Reuben, Gad, and eastern Manasseh—sent 120,000 fully armed men. The largest single contingent came from across the Jordan.
Overview
The tribes east of the Jordan supplied an enormous force equipped with every kind of weapon. Their vast number reflects both their size and their zeal for David. That even the geographically separate eastern tribes came in such strength completes the picture of all Israel, on both sides of the Jordan, united under God's chosen king.
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- 1 Chr 5:1–10These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.
- Josh 22:1–10Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
- Deut 3:12–16So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
- Josh 14:3For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
- Josh 13:7–32Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- Num 32:33–42So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
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