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Numbers 32:33-42

Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan; the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land. 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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  • WEB World English Bible

    Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan; the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

    And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

    And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

    And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

    And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

    And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

    And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

    And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

    And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.

    And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the land round about.

    And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;

    and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah;

    and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

    And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim;

    and Nebo, and Baal-meon — their names being changed — and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.

    And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.

    And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

    And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the villages thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.

    And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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Cross-references (46)

  • Deuteronomy 2:36 (v34) From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too…
  • Joshua 17:1 (vv39–40) This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of…
  • Genesis 50:23 (v39) Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
  • Deuteronomy 3:14 (v41) Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan,…
  • Joshua 12:6 (v33) Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them. Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites,…
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  • Isaiah 46:1 (v38) Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a…
  • Numbers 32:3 (vv34–38) “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
  • Judges 10:4 (v41) He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the…
  • Numbers 32:1 (vv33, 35) 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…
  • Exodus 23:13 (v38) “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.
  • Numbers 21:27 (v37) Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
  • Deuteronomy 3:12-17 (v33) This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its…
  • Deuteronomy 29:8 (v33) We took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.
  • Joshua 13:30 (v41) Their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty…
  • Joshua 22:4 (v33) Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your…
  • Joshua 23:7 (v38) that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by…
  • Isaiah 17:2 (v34) The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
  • Genesis 26:18 (v38) Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the…
  • Numbers 21:20 (v34) and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
  • Numbers 21:23-35 (v33) Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the…
  • Numbers 22:41 (v38) In the morning, Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.
  • Numbers 26:29 (v39) The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the…
  • Numbers 33:45-46 (v34) They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad. They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
  • Numbers 34:14 (v33) for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’…
  • Deuteronomy 2:30-33 (v33) But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might…
  • Deuteronomy 3:1-8 (v33) Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan. Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. Yahweh…
  • Deuteronomy 3:13-15 (v40) and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh—all the region of Argob, even all Bashan.…
  • Joshua 13:8-14 (v33) With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the…
  • Joshua 13:29-31 (v40) Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.…
  • 2 Samuel 18:18 (v42) Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to…
  • 1 Kings 4:13 (v41) Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is…
  • 1 Chronicles 2:21-23 (v41) Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him…
  • 1 Chronicles 5:18 (v33) The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow,…
  • 1 Chronicles 12:31 (v33) Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
  • 1 Chronicles 26:32 (v33) His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers’ households, whom king David made overseers over the…
  • Psalms 16:4 (v38) Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on…
  • Psalms 49:11 (v42) Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after…
  • Psalms 135:10-11 (v33) He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings, Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
  • Psalms 136:18-21 (v33) and killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever: Sihon king of the Amorites; for his loving kindness endures forever; Og…
  • Isaiah 15:4 (v37) Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv33, 41 The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but…

The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he maketh mention of them that dwelt on this side: and Josh. 10:12, he speaketh of them that inhabited beyond Jordan.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v38 Num 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Half the tribe of Manasseh are here added to…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv33–42 And Moses gave unto them,.... By word of mouth,…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv34, 38, 40, 42 Built - Repaired and fortified. For they neither had…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv34, 38, 41 Verse 34. The children of Gad built - Aroer]…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv34, 38, 40 Num 32:34. Built — Repaired and fortified. For they…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv33, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42 Half the tribe of Manasseh - That is, (compare…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42 Built, or repaired; for they had been cities of…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42 half the tribe of Manasseh--It is nowhere explained in…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42 THE PETITION GRANTED, Num_32:33-42.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 33. and unto the half tribe of Manasseh the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv33, 34, 39, 41 (33) And unto half the tribe of Manasseh .…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv33–42 And unto half the tribe of Manasseh. As no…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v38 Their names being changed
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv33, 34, 37, 40 the kingdom of Sihon ... and of Og
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv33, 34, 37, 39 32:33-42 The tribes of Gad and Reuben, along with…
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