And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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Gill's Exposition
The plain also, and Jordan,.... The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river:
and the coast thereof; the country adjoining to it:
from Chinnereth even unto…
Barnes' Notes
The sense is that the Reubenites and Gadites were to possess the district from the Jabbok on the north to the Arnon on the south, including the middle part of the valley of the Arnon, and the…
Having shown how this country which they were now in was conquered, in these verses he shows how it was settled upon the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, which we had the story of…
Cambridge Bible
And unto the Reubenites, etc.] Since this verse repeats what is already stated, it also is regarded as secondary. -The language of 16, however, is harmonious with that of Deu 2:36, and it is possible…
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