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Numbers 32:38 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built. "
Numbers 32:38
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36 Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
37 The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38 Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
39 The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.
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Numbers 32:1
"Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock."
Numbers 32:2
"Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,"
Numbers 32:3
"“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,"
Numbers 32:4
"the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”"
Numbers 32:5
"They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”"
Numbers 32:6
"Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?"
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