{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num032_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num032_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num032_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/num032.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text biblical document presenting Numbers 32 in two versions side by side: the King James Version with embedded Strong's Concordance reference numbers, and the Greek Septuagint (LXX). The chapter narrates a territorial negotiation between Moses and the tribes of Reuben and Gad (later joined by half the tribe of Manasseh), who request permission to settle the already-conquered Transjordan lands east of the Jordan River rather than crossing into Canaan proper, citing the region's suitability for their large livestock herds. Moses initially rebukes them sharply, comparing their hesitation to the faithlessness of the wilderness generation that delayed Israel's entry into the Promised Land for forty years. The tribes then propose a compromise: their fighting men will cross the Jordan and serve as a military vanguard for all Israel until the conquest is complete, while their families and flocks remain in fortified Transjordanian cities. Moses accepts this conditional arrangement, warning that failure to follow through would constitute sin against God, and the chapter closes with an inventory of the specific cities each tribe built and the Manassite clans' additional territorial acquisitions. The distinctive feature of this presentation is its scholarly apparatus \u2014 the KJV text is interleaved with Strong's numbers for every Hebrew word \u2014 making it a study resource for Hebrew-English lexical comparison rather than a text meant for devotional reading.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 32","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":3240}