Wed, Aug 28, 24.

Gilead and the Tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh [Judges 12:4]

  1. The Ephraimites accused the Gileadites of being renegade tribes of Joseph [Jdg 12:4].
  2. The first we hear of Gilead was in the story of Jacob [Gen 31:21-25].
  3. The men who bought Joseph came from Gilead [Gen 37:23-25].
  4. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh request to settle in Gilead [Num 32:1-42].
    1. All Israel in the wilderness was a Church/congregation/assembly [Num 32:2; Act 7:38 (KJV)]
    2. This particularly applies to when God was giving them the Ten Commandments.
  5. The story of Jephthah, a Gileadite, who was called to lead Israel against the Ammonites [Jdg 11].
  6. The Gileadites are descendants of Manasseh through Makir [Num 26:29].
    1. The story of Zelophehad's daughters mentions Gilead [Num 27:1-11; 36:1-12]
  7. Moses saw all the land from Gilead to Dan before he died [Deut 34:1]
  8. [Josh 12:1ff; Josh 13:1ff; Josh 17:1ff; Josh 20:8ff; Josh 21:38ff; Josh 22:9ff]

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