And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
And they come nigh unto him, and say, `Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;
And they drew near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC