Numbers 32:6-15 And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to war, and shall you sit here?… I. THE INJUSTICE OF THEIR PROPOSAL. Why should they have as their inheritance that country which all had assisted to conquer, and leave their brethren to conquer other possessions for themselves without their aid? II. THE TENDENCY OF THEIR PROPOSAL TO DISHEARTEN THEIR BRETHREN. Because the granting of this request would be likely to — 1. Reduce their numbers. 2. Engender dissatisfaction. III. THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR PROPOSAL. 1. Unbelief of God's word. 2. Depreciation of God's goodness. IV. THE TENDENCY OF THEIR PROPOSAL TO CALL DOWN THE WRATH OF GOD. 1. The cause of His anger (ver. 14). 2. The expression of His anger (ver. 15). 3. The subjects of His anger. "All this people." V. THE SOLEMN EXAMPLE BY WHICH MOSES ENFORCED HIS REBUKE (vers. 8-13). (W. Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? |
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