Deuteronomy 3:16 meaning and explanation
and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
Deuteronomy 3:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to the Israelites on the plains of Moab, recalling how the conquered land east of the Jordan was divided. In verse 16 he assigns the Reubenites and Gadites territory stretching from Gilead down to the Arnon Valley, with the valley's middle serving as the southern border, and north to the Jabbok River, which marked the Ammonite frontier.
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