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Numbers 32:24

Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”

  • KJV King James Version

    Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.'

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Numbers 32:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Numbers 32:16 They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;
  • Numbers 30:2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
  • Numbers 32:34-42 The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep. The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built. The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein. Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair. Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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Explain this verse (3 sources)

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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which you have uttered and promised to do. See…

Which you have uttered and promised to do. See this or the like phrase Num 20:2; Mat 15:8.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the children of Gad and the children of…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. proceeded out of your mouth] See on Num_30:2.

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