{"id":48762,"date":"2019-02-05T17:34:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=48762"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:32:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:32:47","slug":"east-side-west-side-all-around-the-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/east-side-west-side-all-around-the-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"East Side, West Side, All Around The Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[430,397,792],"acf":{"old_id":"48762","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34255,"related_cahpter":"149","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"What was so wrong with the tribes\u2019 request?","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the grass is greener on the other side, requests to stay on that side seem reasonable. Such is the petition put forth by the tribes Reuben, Gad and \u00bd Menashe as the Israelites plan for settlement in the promised land. They approach Moses with what is a seemingly legitimate request: Israel has recently conquered the land of Sihon in the central Transjordan; it is excellent grazing land; they have a large number of livestock; therefore, it makes sense for them to settle here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the request is sensible, Moses reacts surprisingly harshly. Their request had consisted of three verses; Moses\u2019s response takes up ten. He not only criticizes them explicitly and directly, but claims that their actions are comparable to those of the spies, who had condemned an entire generation to death in the desert. For an innocent request, this seems to be entirely unwarranted. What exactly was wrong with their request that brought such censure upon their heads?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A careful analysis of Moses\u2019s words demonstrates that the threat to which he reacts is not a perceived lack of love for Israel, but rather a sense that these tribes are undermining the entire program. If they remain in Transjordan, Moses is concerned that the rest of the people will opt to not go to war and simply join their movement. He is worried that they are acting in a way that will cause not only themselves, but the entire nation, to give up the quest for the land at this stage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moses\u2019s prime concern is that they are threatening to dissuade the rest of Israel from entering the promised land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His message seems to be clear: there are legitimate pragmatic considerations involved in a tribe\u2019s choice of territory, and these may trump the ideal of living in Israel. But this is only acceptable if the choice of other territory is accompanied by ardent support for those who do wish to live in Israel. \u00a0Reuben and Gad can live wherever they want \u2013 even in land that was not divinely intended to be Israelite land \u2013 if they do all they can to ensure that the other tribes are able to cross the Jordan and establish life there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Reuben and Gad explain that they never meant to bow out at this stage, but would in fact lead the fight to conquer the land of Israel and not return home until it was settled, Moses assents, assured now that the national presence in Israel was not threatened by the Jewish presence outside of Israel. Perhaps, he may have thought, they will one day be mutually beneficial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>photo: courtesy of the author<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":48763,"id":48763,"title":"Duet32-SHKalaniyot","filename":"Duet32-SHKalaniyot.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Duet32-SHKalaniyot.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/east-side-west-side-all-around-the-jordan\/duet32-shkalaniyot\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"duet32-shkalaniyot","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":48762,"date":"2019-02-05 15:34:06","modified":"2019-02-05 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