Numbers 32 · Verse 36

Numbers 32:36

And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Numbers 32:36, King James Version

Numbers 32:36 in other translations

BSBBeth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
WEBBeth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
ASVand Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
YLTand Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds.
DARBYand Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and sheepfolds.
BBEAnd Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.
WebsterAnd Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities: and folds for sheep.

What does Numbers 32:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:34-38

34-36. And the children of Gad built--(See on Nu 32:16). Dibon--identified with Dheban, now in ruins, an hour's distance from the Arnon (Mojeb). Ataroth (Hebrew, "crowns")--There are several towns so called in Scripture, but this one in the tribe of Gad has not been identified. Aroer--now Arair, standing on a precipice on the north bank of the Arnon.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:28-42

Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith, sensible of the goodness of…

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Numbers 32:36 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בֵּ֥יתbeitBethH1039
נִמְרָ֖הnim.RahNimrahH1039
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בֵּ֣יתbeitBethH1028
הָרָ֑ןha.RanHaranH1028
עָרֵ֥י'a.Reicities ofH5892
מִבְצָ֖רmiv.TzarfortificationH4013
וְגִדְרֹ֥תve.gid.Rotand folds ofH1448
צֹֽאן\׃TzonsheepH6629

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Cross references for Numbers 32:36

  • Numbers 32:3

    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beth-nimrah.Probably the same as Nimrim in Jer 48:34, and the Bethnabris mentioned by Eusebius, five miles north from Livias. Burckhardt says, that "in the valley of the Jordan, south of Abou Obeida, are the ruins of Nemrim, probably the Beth-nimrah of the Scriptures."
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Nimrah. fenced cities.
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Context

  • Numbers 32:35

    And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

  • Numbers 32:36

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

  • Numbers 32:37

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

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Numbers 32:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y á Beth-nimra, y á Betharán: ciudades fuertes, y también majadas para ovejas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Beth-Nimra, et Beth-Haran, villes fortes, et des enclos pour le petit bétail.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Beth-Nimra und Beth-Haran, feste Städte und Kleinviehhürden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Bethnemra, et Betharan, urbes munitas, et caulas pecoribus suis.