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Q&A Who protected the women and children of Reuven, Gad, and 1/2 Menashe during the conquest?

The count of the soldiers in Numbers 26 of the two and a half tribes were over 100,000. However, Joshua 4:13 shows that the special troops were about 40,000. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the...

posted 3y ago by sabbahillel‭  ·  edited 3y ago by robev‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar robev‭ · 2020-07-07T13:47:11Z (over 3 years ago)
  • The count of the soldiers in Numbers 26 of the two and a half tribes were over 100,000. However, [Joshua 4:13](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15788#v13) shows that the special troops were about 40,000.
  • > 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of
  • > Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken
  • > to them.
  • >
  • > 13 About forty thousand armed for war passed over before the Lord to battle,
  • > to the plains of Jericho.
  • The *chida* on Joshua [1:14](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15785#v14) says
  • > Your wives, your children, and your cattle shall settle in the land that
  • > Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, and you, all the **mighty**
  • > warriors, shall cross over armed before your brothers, and you shall help
  • > them.
  • **כל גבורי חיל** *All the mighty warriors* Apparently Joshua did not ask for all the men of fighting, only the *mighty warriors*. This would account for an apparent discrepancy. According to the census in *Numbers 26*, there were over 100,000 fighters in the three tribes, but only 40,000 participated in the first battle for Eretz Yisrael (Joshua 4:12-13), they were the *mighty warriors* (*Chida*)
  • The count of the soldiers in Numbers 26 of the two and a half tribes were over 100,000. However, [Joshua 4:13](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15788#v13) shows that the special troops were about 40,000.
  • > 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of
  • > Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken
  • > to them.
  • >
  • > 13 About forty thousand armed for war passed over before the Lord to battle,
  • > to the plains of Jericho.
  • The *Chida* on Joshua [1:14](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15785#v14) says
  • > Your wives, your children, and your cattle shall settle in the land that
  • > Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, and you, all the **mighty**
  • > warriors, shall cross over armed before your brothers, and you shall help
  • > them.
  • **כל גבורי חיל** *All the mighty warriors* Apparently Joshua did not ask for all the men of fighting, only the *mighty warriors*. This would account for an apparent discrepancy. According to the census in *Numbers 26*, there were over 100,000 fighters in the three tribes, but only 40,000 participated in the first battle for Eretz Yisrael (Joshua 4:12-13), they were the *mighty warriors* (*Chida*)
#2: Post edited by user avatar sabbahillel‭ · 2020-07-06T20:18:38Z (over 3 years ago)
  • The count of the soldiers in Numbers 26 of the two and a half tribes were over 100,000. However, [Joshua 4:13](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15788#v13) shows that the special troops were about 40,000.
  • > 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of
  • > Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken
  • > to them.
  • >
  • > 13 About forty thousand armed for war passed over before the Lord to battle,
  • > to the plains of Jericho.
  • The *chida on Joshua [1:14](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15785#v14) says
  • > Your wives, your children, and your cattle shall settle in the land that
  • > Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, and you, all the **mighty**
  • > warriors, shall cross over armed before your brothers, and you shall help
  • > them.
  • **כל גבורי חיל** *All the mighty warriors* Apparently Joshua did not ask for all the men of fighting, only the *mighty warriors*. This would account for an apparent discrepancy. According to the census in *Numbers 26*, there were over 100,000 fighters in the three tribes, but only 40,000 participated in the first battle for Eretz Yisrael (Joshua 4:12-13), they were the *mighty warriors* (*Chida*)
  • The count of the soldiers in Numbers 26 of the two and a half tribes were over 100,000. However, [Joshua 4:13](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15788#v13) shows that the special troops were about 40,000.
  • > 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of
  • > Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken
  • > to them.
  • >
  • > 13 About forty thousand armed for war passed over before the Lord to battle,
  • > to the plains of Jericho.
  • The *chida* on Joshua [1:14](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15785#v14) says
  • > Your wives, your children, and your cattle shall settle in the land that
  • > Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, and you, all the **mighty**
  • > warriors, shall cross over armed before your brothers, and you shall help
  • > them.
  • **כל גבורי חיל** *All the mighty warriors* Apparently Joshua did not ask for all the men of fighting, only the *mighty warriors*. This would account for an apparent discrepancy. According to the census in *Numbers 26*, there were over 100,000 fighters in the three tribes, but only 40,000 participated in the first battle for Eretz Yisrael (Joshua 4:12-13), they were the *mighty warriors* (*Chida*)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar sabbahillel‭ · 2020-07-06T20:17:39Z (over 3 years ago)
The count of the soldiers in Numbers 26 of the two and a half tribes were over 100,000. However, [Joshua 4:13](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15788#v13) shows that the special troops were about 40,000.


> 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of
> Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken
> to them.
>
> 13 About forty thousand armed for war passed over before the Lord to battle,
> to the plains of Jericho.

The *chida on Joshua [1:14](https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15785#v14) says


 > Your wives, your children, and your cattle shall settle in the land that
> Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, and you, all the **mighty**
> warriors, shall cross over armed before your brothers, and you shall help
> them.

**כל גבורי חיל** *All the mighty warriors* Apparently Joshua did not ask for all the men of fighting, only the *mighty warriors*. This would account for an apparent discrepancy. According to the census in *Numbers 26*, there were over 100,000 fighters in the three tribes, but only 40,000 participated in the first battle for Eretz Yisrael (Joshua 4:12-13), they were the *mighty warriors* (*Chida*)