Their names being changed Many persons live in names. This is fatal to the grasp of complete truth and relation. The poet asks, "What's in a name?" The name of a friend may be necessary to his identification, but the name is not the man. Character is to be studied, motive is to be understood, purpose is to be appreciated, then whatever changes may take place in the mere name, love and confidence will be undiminished. The change of names, both in the Old Testament and the New, deserves careful study. The name of Abram was changed, so was the name of Jacob, so was the name of Saul of Tarsus. Those changes of name symbolise changes of trust and vocation in life. The name should enlarge with the character, but the character should be always more highly valued than the name. The solemn application of this text is to the matter of great evangelical truths and doctrines. For want of attention to this matter, bigotry has been encouraged, and men have been separated from one another. Some persons do not know the gospel itself, except under a certain set of names, words, and stereotyped phrases. This is not Christianity, it is mere literalism; it is, in fact, idolatry, for there is an idolatry of phrase as well as of images. The truth is not in the letters which print it, the letters but stand to express the inexpressible. All life is symbolic. God has spoken in little else than parables. Revelation addresses the imagination, when imagination is used in its highest senses. It is not the faculty of mere cloud-making, but the faculty of insight into the largest meanings and the innermost relations of things. The letter in which you endeavour to express your love, is a poor substitute for the living voice and the living touch; it is indeed invaluable in the absence of the living personality; but what letter was ever written that quite satisfied the writer when love was the subject and devotedness the intention? There is a change of names that inspires the soul with hope. God is to give His servants a new name in the upper world; their name is to be in their foreheads; but in the changing of the name there is no changing in the burning love and the rapturous adoration.(J. Parker, D. D.). People Amorites, Caleb, Eleazar, Eshcol, Gad, Gadites, Haran, Isaac, Israelites, Jacob, Jair, Jephunneh, Joseph, Joshua, Machir, Makirites, Manasseh, Moses, Nobah, Nun, Og, Reuben, Reubenites, SihonPlaces Aroer, Ataroth, Atroth-shophan, Bashan, Beon, Beth-baal-meon, Beth-haran, Beth-nimrah, Canaan, Dibon, Egypt, Elealeh, Gilead, Havvoth-jair, Heshbon, Jazer, Jogbehah, Jordan River, Kadesh-barnea, Kenath, Kiriathaim, Nebo, Nimrah, Nobah, Sebam, Sibmah, Valley of EshcolTopics Calleth, Captured, Captureth, Dependent, Kenath, Naming, Nobah, Settlements, Surrounding, Thereof, Towns, VillagesOutline 1. The Reubenites and Gadites ask for inheritance on the east side of Jordan6. Moses reproves them 16. They offer him conditions with which he is content 33. Moses assigns them the land 39. They conquer it. Dictionary of Bible Themes Numbers 32:39-42Library NumbersLike the last part of Exodus, and the whole of Leviticus, the first part of Numbers, i.-x. 28--so called,[1] rather inappropriately, from the census in i., iii., (iv.), xxvi.--is unmistakably priestly in its interests and language. Beginning with a census of the men of war (i.) and the order of the camp (ii.), it devotes specific attention to the Levites, their numbers and duties (iii., iv.). Then follow laws for the exclusion of the unclean, v. 1-4, for determining the manner and amount of restitution … John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Numbers 32:42 NIVNumbers 32:42 NLT Numbers 32:42 ESV Numbers 32:42 NASB Numbers 32:42 KJV Numbers 32:42 Bible Apps Numbers 32:42 Parallel Numbers 32:42 Biblia Paralela Numbers 32:42 Chinese Bible Numbers 32:42 French Bible Numbers 32:42 German Bible Numbers 32:42 Commentaries Bible Hub |