Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
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Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
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And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
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and Nebo, and Baal-meon — their names being changed — and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.
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Passages linked to Numbers 32:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 46:1 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 burden for the weary.
- Numbers 32:3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Exodus 23:13 “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.
- Joshua 23:7 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 them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
- Genesis 26:18 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 death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
- Numbers 22:41 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.
- Psalms 16:4 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 my lips.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being…
Num 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Ver. 38. Their names being changed.] Out of detestation of those idols, Baal, Nebo, &c. {see Exo 23:13 Psa 16:4 Isa 46:1} Absit ut de ore Christiano sonet Iupiter omnipotens, et Mehercule, et Mecastor, et caetera, magis portenta quam nuraina, saith Jerome. Heathenish gods should not be so far honoured as to be heard of out of Christian mouths, nor Popish idols neither. I myself, saith Latimer, {a} have used in mine earnest matters, to say, Yea, by the rood, by the mass, by St Mary, which indeed is naught. Some simple folk say, they may swear by the mass, because there is no such thing; and by our lady, because she is gone out of the country.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Nebo; of which city see Deu 34:1; Jer 48:1.
Nebo; of which city see Deu 34:1; Jer 48:1.
Their names being changed; either because conquerors of places use to do so; or because the names of other gods (which Nebo and Baal-meon unquestionably were) were not to be mentioned, Exo 23:13, especially at the first settling of the Israelites there, that the very remembrance of the idols might be blotted out, and so the temptation to idolatry removed, though afterwards, when that danger was over, they were called by their old names again, Jos 13:17,20.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh…
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it,.... That part of it which Moses gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh, which till now was in the hand of the Amorites; for half Mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, were given to the Reubenites and Gadites, which is the land of Gilead they desired, and which was already conquered; for they call it the country which the Lord smote before Israel, Num 32:1,
and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it; for though they were driven out of one part of Gilead, yet not out of the whole.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Their names changed - Either because conquerers of places…
Their names changed - Either because conquerers of places used to do so: or because the names of other Gods (which Nebo and Baal-meon unquestionably were) were not to be mentioned, Exod. xxiii, 13.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 38. And Nebo - their names being changed]…
Verse 38. And Nebo - their names being changed] That is, Those who conquered the cities called them after their own names. Thus the city Kenath, being conquered by Nobah, was called after his name, Nu 32:42.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 32:38. Their names being changed — Conquerors of…
Num 32:38. Their names being changed — Conquerors of places have been wont to change their names. But as the Israelites were forbidden to mention the names of other gods, and as these places, it seems had their names from the false gods worshipped in them, (which was unquestionably the case with Nebo and Baal-meon,) the Israelites might judge it proper to change the names of these places, in order to abolish all footsteps of idolatry.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Nabo. Probably the same as Nebo and Nobe. ---…
Nabo. Probably the same as Nebo and Nobe. --- Baalmeon. This city had a variety of names, ver. 3, 35. Those who rebuilt these cities gave them their own names, ver. 42. (Hebrew Targum of Jerusalem) Yet they were often known by their former appellations. (Calmet) --- The rebuilders chiefly objected to the names of idols, Baal, &c., which were joined with these cities. (Menochius)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (their names being changed)--either because it was the general…
(their names being changed)--either because it was the general custom of conquerors to do so; or, rather, because from the prohibition to mention the names of other gods (Exo 23:13), as Nebo and Baal were, it was expedient on the first settlement of the Israelites to obliterate all remembrance of those idols. (See Jos 13:17-20).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 38. Baal-meon — See Beon, Num_32:3, note.
38. Baal-meon — See Beon, Num_32:3, note.
Names… changed — Num_32:3, note.
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Shibmah — See Shebam, Num_32:3, note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 38. their names being changed] The parenthesis is strange,…
38. their names being changed] The parenthesis is strange, for the change of names by the Manassites is related immediately afterwards. Some think that it is a marginal note to the reader that the names are to be changed and read otherwise than they are written in the text. The words refer to Nebo and Baal-meon. Both Nebo and Baal suggested pagan worship, and the latter was frequently altered, e.g. Ish-bosheth, Mephi-bosheth, El-yada, for Ish-baal, Merib-baal, Baal-yada.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Baalomeon. Called Been in verse 3, Beth-meon in Jer_48:23,…
Baalomeon. Called Been in verse 3, Beth-meon in Jer_48:23, Beth-Baal-meon in Jos_13:17. Their names being changed. tBosWm, "with change of name," dependent on the verb "built." The Septuagint has perikekuklwmenav (Symmachus, periteteucismenav ), apparently reading rWv for but without authority. It is possible that the Been of verse 3 may be an instance of this attempt to change names, many of which were connected with idolatry. The attempt failed, hut both the attempt itself and its failure were very characteristic of the partial and feeble hold which Israel had on this territory. Gave other names to the cities which they builded. Literally, "they called by names the names of the towns;" a round-about expression correctly paraphrased by the A.V.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Their names being changed
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Their names being changed
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Changes of name
Many persons live in names.
This is fatal to the grasp of complete truth and relation. The poet asks, Whats in a name? The name of a friend may be necessary to his identification, but the name is not the man. Character is to be studied, motive is to be understood, purpose is to be appreciated, then whatever changes may take place in the mere name, love and confidence will be undiminished. The change of names, both in the Old Testament and the New, deserves careful study. The name of Abram was changed, so was the name of Jacob, so was the name of Saul of Tarsus. Those changes of name symbolise changes of trust and vocation in life. The name should enlarge with the character, but the character should be always more highly valued than the name. The solemn application of this text is to the matter of great evangelical truths and doctrines. For want of attention to this matter, bigotry has been encouraged, and men have been separated from one another. Some persons do not know the gospel itself, except under a certain set of names, words, and stereotyped phrases. This is not Christianity, it is mere literalism; it is, in fact, idolatry, for there is an idolatry of phrase as well as of images. The truth is not in the letters which print it, the letters but stand to express the inexpressible. All life is symbolic. God has spoken in little else than parables. Revelation addresses the imagination, when imagination is used in its highest senses. It is not the faculty of mere cloud-making, but the faculty of insight into the largest meanings and the innermost relations of things. The letter in which you endeavour to express your love, is a poor substitute for the living voice and the living touch; it is indeed invaluable in the absence of the living personality; but what letter was ever written that quite satisfied the writer when love was the subject and devotedness the intention? There is a change of names that inspires the soul with hope. God is to give His servants a new name in the upper world; their name is to be in their foreheads; but in the changing of the name there is no changing in the burning love and the rapturous adoration. (J. Parker, D. D.)
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