In Numbers 32 The Gadites and Reubenites decide to stay on the other side of the Jordan and not claim the inheritance in the land of Canaan. They ask Moses for permission to do so. Moses says that in order to do this they must fight for the land of Canaan with the other Israelites. Then they can keep the land to the east of the Jordan River. The Gadites and Reubenites promise to join the others in battle.

Numbers 33 gives an account of the journey from Egypt to Canaan. Before the Israelites cross into Canaan God advises them to drive out all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all the stone and cast idols and demolish all their worship sites. The land will be apportioned by the size of their tribes and clans. If they do not drive out all the inhabitants God says that they will have trouble in the land.

Acts 24 opens with the high priest Ananias coming before Felix the governor with his complaint against Paul. Felix did not turn Paul over to the Jews but kept him in prison for two years. At this point Felix is no longer governor.