Numbers 32:24
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Numbers 32:24 in other translations
| BSB | Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.” |
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| WEB | Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.” |
| ASV | Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. |
| YLT | build for yourselves cities for your infants, and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth do ye.' |
| DARBY | Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, and do that which has gone out of your mouth. |
| BBE | So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said. |
| Webster | Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. |
What does Numbers 32:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:20-33
20-33. Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing--with sincerity and zeal. go before the Lord to war--The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on Nu 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:16-27
Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the children of Israel into the…
Numbers 32:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 32:24
- Numbers 32:16
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
- Numbers 30:2
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
- Numbers 32:34-42
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, …
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Context
- Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Numbers 32:24
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
- Numbers 32:25
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Numbers 32:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Edificaos ciudades para vuestros niños, y majadas para vuestras ovejas, y haced lo que ha salido de vuestra boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Bâtissez-vous des villes pour vos petits enfants, et des enclos pour vos troupeaux; et ce qui est sorti de votre bouche, faites-le. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bauet euch Städte für eure Kinder und Hürden für euer Kleinvieh, und tut, was aus eurem Munde hervorgegangen ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ædificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris, et caulas, et stabula ovibus ac jumentis: et quod polliciti estis, implete. |