Numbers 32:5

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They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over 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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These places lie mainly in Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, fertile former Amorite territory that Gad and Reuben sought instead of crossing into Canaan. Their request recalled Israel’s failure at Kadesh

Places in this passage

Numbers 32:5 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.

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