Numbers 32:16

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Then they approached him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.

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  • Gen 33:17 : 17 But Jacob went to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.
  • Num 34:22 : 22 From the tribe of Dan, the leader Bukki son of Jogli.

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  • Num 32:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17But we will arm ourselves quickly and go before the Israelites until we bring them to their place. Meanwhile our children will stay in fortified cities, safe from the inhabitants of the land.

    18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received their inheritance.

  • Num 32:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24Build cities for your children and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.

    25The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

    26Our children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

    27but your servants, every armed man of war, will cross over before the Lord to battle, just as my lord says."

  • Num 32:36
    77%

    36They also built Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and sheepfolds.

  • Num 32:15
    75%

    15If you turn away from following Him, He will abandon them again in the wilderness, and you will bring destruction on all these people."

  • Josh 21:2
    74%

    2They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, 'The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with pasture lands for our livestock.'

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    74%

    16They were a wall of protection around us, both night and day, the whole time we were with them tending the sheep.

  • Num 32:30-32
    3 verses
    73%

    30But if they do not cross over armed with you, they must take their possession among you in the land of Canaan."

    31The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, "As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do.

    32We will cross over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance will be on this side of the Jordan."

  • Num 32:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4this land that the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel—is a land suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock."

    5They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan."

  • Josh 22:26
    72%

    26That is why we said, ‘Let us build an altar—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

  • Josh 22:15
    72%

    15When they came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them, saying:

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities.

    3The cities will be places for them to live, and the pasture lands will be for their livestock, their property, and all their animals.

  • Deut 1:22
    72%

    22Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • Deut 3:19
    71%

    19'But your wives, children, and livestock—I know you have much livestock—may stay in the towns I have given you.'

  • Josh 9:11
    71%

    11So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Gen 34:16
    71%

    16Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves; we will dwell among you and become one people.

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24We did this because we feared that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?’

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very large amount of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they noticed that the place was suitable for livestock.

    2The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, saying:

  • Gen 34:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: every male among us must be circumcised, just as they are.

    23Won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree to them, and they will dwell with us."

  • 2 Chr 14:7
    71%

    7Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin carrying shields and drawing bows. All of them were mighty warriors.

  • Jer 42:13-14
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    71%

    13But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

    14Instead, you say, 'No, we will go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war, hear the sound of the trumpet, or suffer hunger for bread. There we will stay.'

  • Num 13:19
    70%

    19Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the towns they dwell in unwalled or fortified?

  • Josh 8:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5"I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them."

    6"They will chase after us until we lure them away from the city, for they will say, 'They are running away from us as they did before.' So we will flee before them."

  • Num 14:3
    70%

    3Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • Num 10:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31Moses said, "Please do not leave us, because you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be our eyes.

    32If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives to us."

  • Gen 33:13
    70%

    13But Jacob replied, 'My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds that are nursing are my responsibility. If they are driven hard even for one day, all the flocks will die.'

  • Deut 2:35
    70%

    35Only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we took as spoil for ourselves.

  • Deut 6:10
    70%

    10When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to you, with cities great and good that you did not build,

  • Num 14:8
    70%

    8If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Exod 1:10
    69%

    10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."

  • Gen 34:10
    69%

    10You can dwell with us, and the land will be open to you: live, trade in it, and acquire property here.

  • Deut 1:39
    69%

    39And the little ones you said would be taken as plunder—your children who do not yet know good from evil—they will enter the land. I will give it to them, and they will take possession of it.

  • Num 32:20
    69%

    20Moses said to them, "If you will do this—if you arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,

  • Jer 6:3
    69%

    3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents surrounding her and graze, each in his place.

  • Num 14:31
    69%

    31But your children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them in to know the land that you have rejected.