Numbers 32:38
And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Numbers 32:38 in other translations
| BSB | as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt. |
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| WEB | Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built. |
| ASV | and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded. |
| YLT | and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by these names the names of the cities which they have built. |
| DARBY | and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built. |
| BBE | And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made. |
| Webster | And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built. |
What does Numbers 32:38 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…
Numbers 32:38 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 32:38
- Isaiah 46:1
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
- Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Joshua 23:7
That ye come not 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 yourselves unto them:
- Exodus 23:13
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
- Numbers 22:41
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
- Psalms 16:4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
- Genesis 26:18
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
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Isa 46:1
Baal-meon.This town is placed, by Eusebius and Jerome, nine miles from Heshbon, at the foot of mount Abarim.
22:41
gave other names unto the cities. Heb. they called by namesthe names of the cities.
3; Ge 26:18; Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7; Ps 16:4; Isa 46:1
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Context
- Numbers 32:37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
- Numbers 32:38
And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
- Numbers 32:39
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
Numbers 32:38 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y á Nebo, y á Baal-meón, (mudados los nombres), y á Sibma: y pusieron nombres á las ciudades que edificaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et Nebo, et Baal-Méon, dont les noms furent changés, et Sibma; et ils donnèrent d’autres noms aux villes qu’ils bâtirent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und Nebo und Baal-Meon, deren Namen geändert wurden, und Sibma; und sie benannten die Städte, die sie bauten, mit anderen Namen. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et Nabo, et Baalmeon versis nominibus, Sabama quoque: imponentes vocabula urbibus, quas exstruxerunt. |