Numbers 32:16 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We will build - cities for our little ones - It was impossible for these, numerous as they might be, to build cities and fortify them for the defense of their families in their absence. Calmet supposes they meant no more than repairing the cities of the Amorites which they had lately taken; which work might have been very easily accomplished in the time which they spent on this side of Jordan, before they went over with their brethren, to put them in possession of the land.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawal from all share in the war of invasion, or the effect of their leader's expostulation was to drive them from their original purpose, they now, in answer to his impressive appeal, declared it to be their sincere intention to co-operate with their brethren; but, if so, they ought to have been more explicit at first.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּגְּשׁ֤וּ	vai.yi.ge.Shu	and they drew near	H5066 →
אֵלָיו֙	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
וַ֣יֹּאמְר֔וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
גִּדְרֹ֥ת	gid.Rot	folds of	H1448 →
צֹ֛אן	tzon	sheep	H6629 →
נִבְנֶ֥ה	niv.Neh	we will build	H1129 →
לְמִקְנֵ֖נוּ	le.mik.Ne.nu	for livestock our	H4735 →
פֹּ֑ה	Poh	here	H6311 →
וְעָרִ֖ים	ve.'a.Rim	and cities	H5892 →
לְטַפֵּֽנוּ׃	le.ta.Pe.nu	for little one[s] our	H2945 →

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The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 33:17
but 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.
leads to
- Joshua 13:27
  and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of…
- Psalms 60:6
  God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Judges 8:5
  So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
- Judges 8:16
  Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
- Judges 8:8
  From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

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