Numbers 32:37

The people of the tribe of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

In Context

36Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran cities. Those were cities with strong walls around them. And they also built pens for their sheep.

38Nebo, Baal-Meon, and Sibmah cities. When they rebuilt Nebo and Baal-Meon, they gave new names to those cities.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:27For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon ruled. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.

Isaiah 15:4The people of Heshbon city and Elealeh towns in the north of Moab will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz town in the south will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:29-42

Inheritance of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1452.) 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord , and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have… Read the whole commentary →

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