Numbers 32:16

Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

In Context

15For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

17But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

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Cross References

Genesis 33:17but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

Deuteronomy 3:19But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:2-16

The Request of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 Even the… Read the whole commentary →

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