24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
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And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, …
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.
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…
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