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Numbers 32:1

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

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ASV

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;

KJV

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;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּמִקְנֶ֣ה׀u.mik.Nehand livestockH4735 →
רַ֗בRavmuchH7227 →
הָיָ֞הha.Yahit belongedH1961 →
לִבְנֵ֧יliv.Neito [the] descendants ofH1121 →
רְאוּבֵ֛ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205 →
וְלִבְנֵי־ve.liv.nei-and to [the] descendants ofH1121 →
גָ֖דgadGadH1410 →
עָצ֣וּם'a.TzumnumerousH6099 →
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdveryH3966 →
וַיִּרְא֞וּvai.yir.'Uand they sawH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֶ֤רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776 →
יַעְזֵר֙ya'.ZerJazerH3270 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776 →
גִּלְעָ֔דgil.'AdGileadH1568 →
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
מְק֥וֹםme.Kom[was] a place ofH4725 →
מִקְנֶֽה׃mik.NehlivestockH4735 →

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Numbers 21:32After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.Joshua 22:9So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.Numbers 32:35Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,Genesis 13:10–11And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,Genesis 13:2And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.Genesis 31:21So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.Numbers 26:5–7Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,Numbers 32:26Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.Isaiah 16:8–9For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.Genesis 30:10–11And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.2 Samuel 24:5They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.Numbers 26:15–18These were the descendants of Gad by their clans: The Zephonite clan from Zephon, the Haggite clan from Haggi, the Shunite clan from Shuni,Exodus 12:38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.Genesis 47:4Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”Joshua 13:25The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;Numbers 2:10–15On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:

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