Latest / YINR 929: Tanach Yomi
Bamidbar 32: Half and Half
Earlier, God decreed that each tribe would receive a proportional part of the Land. As the nation makes its way around the Jordan river to enter the land, they have been conquering the local peripheral populations. The tribes of Reuven and Gad see this borderlands and decide that they do not want to enter the land. They approach Moshe and ask if they can live in the trans Jordan area because of their large flocks and the fertile land. This conversation is reminiscent of Lot’s conversations with Avraham in Genesis.
Compare: “The Reubenites and the Gadites owned cattle in very great numbers…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.