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Numbers 32:36 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. "
Numbers 32:36
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
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Numbers 32:1
"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;"
Numbers 32:2
"The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,"
Numbers 32:3
"Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,"
Numbers 32:4
"Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:"
Numbers 32:5
"Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan."
Numbers 32:6
"And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit"
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