The
Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands
of Jazer and
As
Israel was camped on the Plains of Moab, the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half of
Manasseh took inventory of their surroundings. They got to looking around on
the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, and couldn’t understand how Canaan could
be any better than the lands already under their feet. They came to Moses and
said, Gilead been veddy
veddy goood to me. (Okay, this is a very, very obscure 1970s
Saturday Night Live Garrett Morris reference – one would require a misspent
youth and too much time on their hands to get it.)
At
first, Moses was incensed, thinking these three tribes were abandoning the rest
of the nation just as they were about to cross into Canaan
to drive out the inhabitants of the land. This didn't set well with Moses until
they assured him they would participate in the battle campaigns for Canaan, and
then return to their wives and children in Gilead .
While
Moses gave his blessing to the request of these three tribes, it really didn't
end well. There was never really a strong connection between these transJordan tribes and the
rest of Israel
Do you
have any distant family members with whom it would be good to reconnect?
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