Numbers 32:16

Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben came to Moses and told him, “We would plan to build stone walls to keep our livestock safe and towns for our children.

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

In Context

15If you give up following him, he will abandon these people in the desert once again, and their deaths will be your fault!”

17But we will still get ourselves ready for battle, and we will be prepared to lead the Israelites until they can safely occupy their land. In the meantime, our children will stay behind, living in the fortified towns to protect them from the local people.

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Cross References

Genesis 33:17But Jacob headed to Succoth, where he built himself a house and shelters for the livestock. That's why the place is called Succoth.

Deuteronomy 3:19However, your wives, your children, and your livestock (I know that you have plenty of livestock) can stay behind in the towns 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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