[112]. Hosea iv. 15; ix. 15; xii. 11. Amos iv. 4; v. 5.
[113]. Heb. iii. 12.
[114]. Deut. xxxiv. 3; Judges i. 16; iii. 13. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.
[115]. Joshua vi. 26. After the lapse of five centuries the curse was fulfilled, 1 Kings xvi. 34.
[116]. Num. xxxii. 1. Deut. xxxii. 14. Ps. xxii. 12. Ezek. xxxix. 18. Zech. xi. 2.
[117]. Num. xxii-xxiv.
[118]. Deut. xxxiv. 7.
[119]. Ibid. verses 1-3.
[120]. Deut. xxxiv. 5, 6.
[121]. It is significant that these are the tribes to whom possessions had already been allotted east of the Jordan (Num. xxxii. 20-28). The selection was probably made either to prove their fidelity, or because they were free from encumbrances, their families and possessions being left in their newly-acquired territory.