Joshua 1:12
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
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Gill's Exposition
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh,.... Who were settled on that side Jordan where Israel now were:
spake Joshua, saying; as follows.
Joshua, being settled in the government, immediately applies himself to business; not to take state or to take his pleasure, but to further the work of God among, the people over whom God had set him.…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the Reubenites Gadites, and the Half-Tribe of Manasseh, on account of their wealth in flocks and herds (Num 32:16; Num 32:24), had received already their possessions in "the forest-land," "the…