Numbers 32:32

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We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the Jordan.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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The towns named are chiefly in Gilead and Bashan, east of the Jordan, territory Israel had taken from Amorite kings; Canaan lay west of the river. In Numbers 32, Reuben and Gad receive these settled pasturelands, while promising to cross into Canaan and fight alongside Israel.

Places in this passage

Numbers 32:32 mentions Aroer, Ataroth, Baal-meon, Bashan, Beon, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Canaan, Dibon, Egypt, Elealeh, Gilead, Havvoth-jair, Jogbehah, Jordan, Kadesh-barnea, Kenath, Nebo, Nimrah, Nobah and Valley of Eshcol.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato