Numbers 32:16 Parallel Translations

Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben came up to Moses and said, "Allow us to build stone fences for our livestock and cities for our families here.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;

DBY:

And they drew near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

WEB:

They came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:

YLT:

And they come nigh unto him, and say, 'Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;

Numbers 32:16 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 32:15 "For if you turn away from following Him, He will once more abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people."

Numbers 32:17 but we ourselves will be armed ready to go before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

32:16-27 Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the children of Israel into the land of Canaan, and that they should not return till the conquest of Canaan was ended. Moses grants their request, but he warns them of the danger of breaking their word. If you fail, you sin against the Lord, and not against your brethren only; God will certainly reckon with you for it. Be sure your sin will find you out. Sin will surely find out the sinner sooner or later. It concerns us now to find our sins out, that we may repent of them, and forsake them, lest they find us out to our ruin.

CONC:

Build Cattle Cities Drew Flock Flocks Folds Infants Livestock Nigh Ones Pens Places Safe Sheepfolds Sheep-folds Towns Women

Build Cattle Children Cities Drew Infants Livestock Ones Pens Places Safe Sheepfolds Sheep-Folds Towns Women

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