Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
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Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
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And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
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and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
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Passages linked to Numbers 32:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 32:3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh,…
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim. Heshbon was the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and Elealeh was within a mile of it, see Num 32:3, this shows that those cities were not built anew properly, only repaired, for they were cities in being long before; besides, they had not time to build new cities, for in a few months after this they passed over Jordan; though indeed they left men enough behind to rebuild cities, whom they might set to work about them when they departed: Kirjathaim is, by the Targum of Jonathan, called the city of two streets paved with marble, and it adds, this is Beresha: Jerom (t) says, it is now called Coraiatha, which is pretty near its ancient name, and that it is ten miles from Medeba, a city of Arabia, mentioned as one of the cities in the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, Num 21:30.
(t) De loc. Heb. fol. 89. M.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Betharan, which Herod enlarged, and called Livias, south of…
Betharan, which Herod enlarged, and called Livias, south of Hesebon. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 36. Beth-nimrah — See Nimrah, Num_32:3, note.
36. Beth-nimrah — See Nimrah, Num_32:3, note.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran. Supposed to be the present Nimrun…
Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran. Supposed to be the present Nimrun and Beit-haran in the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the Israelitish comp. The latter would seem to have fallen subsequently to Reuben. Fenced cities, and folds for sheep. There should be no stop between these two clauses. All these places were "built" for the double purpose of affording protection to the families and to the flocks of the tribe.
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