Numbers 32:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Numbers 32:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 33:17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Numbers 34:22
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

Topics

Bigotry Censoriousness Charitableness Criticism, Unjust Fault Finding Gad Gilead Haste

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-27)

We have here the accommodating of the matter between Moses and the two tribes, about their settlement on this side Jordan. Probably the petitioners withdrew, and considered with themselves what answer they should return to the severe reproof Moses had given them; and, after some consultation, they return with this proposal, that their men of war should go and assist their brethren in the conquest…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

6-19. Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here--Their language was ambiguous; and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme of self-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live in ease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionate remonstrance. Whether they had r…