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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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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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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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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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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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.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the children of Gad and the children of…
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying,.... In answer to his speech:
thy servants will do as my lord commandeth; both with respect to their march before the Lord to battle, and with respect to their provision for their children and flocks.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. proceeded out of your mouth] See on Num_30:2.
24. proceeded out of your mouth] See on Num_30:2.
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