Numbers 32:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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

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  • Num 32:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

    18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

  • Num 32:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

    25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

    26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

    27but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith.

  • Num 32:36
    77%

    36and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

  • Num 32:15
    75%

    15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.

  • Josh 21:2
    74%

    2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    74%

    16they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

  • Num 32:30-32
    3 verses
    73%

    30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

    31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

    32We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the Jordan.

  • Num 32:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.

    5And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.

  • Josh 22:26
    72%

    26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:

  • Josh 22:15
    72%

    15And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

    3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

  • Deut 1:22
    72%

    22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.

  • Deut 3:19
    71%

    19But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you,

  • Josh 9:11
    71%

    11And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.

  • Gen 34:16
    71%

    16then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

    2the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

  • Gen 34:22-23
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    71%

    22Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

    23Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
    71%

    7For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

  • Jer 42:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God,

    14saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

  • Num 13:19
    70%

    19and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

  • Josh 8:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;

    6and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;

  • Num 14:3
    70%

    3And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • Num 10:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.

    32And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever Jehovah shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

  • Gen 33:13
    70%

    13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

  • Deut 2:35
    70%

    35only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

  • Deut 6:10
    70%

    10And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,

  • Num 14:8
    70%

    8If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

  • Exod 1:10
    69%

    10come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

  • Gen 34:10
    69%

    10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

  • Deut 1:39
    69%

    39Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

  • Num 32:20
    69%

    20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves to go before Jehovah to the war,

  • Jer 6:3
    69%

    3Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

  • Num 14:31
    69%

    31But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.