Numbers 32:4 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 32:4

which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.

KJV

Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The whole of this region is now called the Belka. It has always been famous for its rich and extensive pastures, and it is still the favorite resort of the Bedouin shepherds, who frequently contend for securing to their immense flocks the benefit of its luxuriant vegetation.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָאָ֗רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הִכָּ֤ה	hi.Kah	he defeated	H5221 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לִפְנֵי֙	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
עֲדַ֣ת	'a.Dat	[the] congregation of	H5712 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	[is] a land of	H776 →
מִקְנֶ֖ה	mik.Neh	livestock	H4735 →
הִ֑וא	hi'	it	H1931 →
וְלַֽעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ	ve.la.'a.va.Dei.kha	and [belongs] to servants your	H5650 →
מִקְנֶֽה׃ ס	mik.Neh	livestock	H4735 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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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
Numbers 21:24
And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
leads to
- Amos 2:9
  Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and…
- Psalms 136:19
  Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
- Joshua 24:8
  Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I…
- Nehemiah 9:22
  You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
- Genesis 32:22
  During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
Through
Numbers 21:34
But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon…
leads to
- Psalms 135:10–11
  He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
- Numbers 21:24–25
  And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
- Deuteronomy 3:2–3
  But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Numbers

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Numbers