Numbers 32:24

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

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  • Num 32:16 : 16 Then they approached him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.
  • Num 32:34-42 : 34 The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, and Aroer— 35 also Atroth-shophan, Jazer, and Jogbehah. 36 They also built Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and sheepfolds. 37 The sons of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim— 38 as well as Nebo, Baal-meon (with their names changed), and Sibmah, and they gave new names to the cities they rebuilt. 39 The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled there. 41 Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their settlements, and he called them Havvoth-jair. 42 Nobah went and captured Kenath and its surrounding villages, and he called it Nobah after his own name.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

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  • Num 32:15-17
    3 verses
    83%

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

    16Then they approached him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.

    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.

  • Num 32:25-27
    3 verses
    79%

    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 32:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22then the land will be subdued before the Lord, and afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the Lord and Israel. This land will then be your possession before the Lord.

    23But if you do not do this, you will have sinned against the Lord. Be sure your sin will find you out.

  • Deut 3:19
    73%

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

  • Josh 22:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    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?’

    25The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop worshiping the LORD.

  • Deut 6:10
    72%

    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 32:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6But Moses replied to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, "Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?

    7Why would you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that the Lord has given them?

  • Num 32:4
    71%

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

  • Num 32:36
    71%

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

  • Josh 21:2
    71%

    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.'

  • Deut 32:46
    70%

    46he said to them: Set your hearts on all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.

  • Num 32:29-31
    3 verses
    70%

    29Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

    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.

  • Jer 29:5
    70%

    5Build houses and settle in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.

  • Josh 1:14
    70%

    14Your wives, your children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on the east side of the Jordan. But you, all your strong warriors, fully armed, must cross ahead of your brothers and help them.

  • Deut 29:9
    70%

    9All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officers, every man of Israel.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    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 28:4
    70%

    4Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, and the offspring of your livestock—including the young of your cattle and the increase of your flocks.

  • Deut 12:25
    70%

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Deut 12:28
    70%

    28Be careful to obey all these words I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    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:

  • 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.

  • Deut 29:11
    69%

    11You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today.

  • Josh 24:13
    69%

    13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities you did not build. You are living in them and eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.

  • Deut 5:30
    69%

    30Go and tell them to return to their tents.

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged in the land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

  • Num 35:9
    69%

    9The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 12:32
    69%

    32'Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.'

  • Deut 6:18
    69%

    18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may go well with you, and you may go in and possess the good land the LORD promised to your ancestors.

  • Num 32:20
    69%

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

  • Prov 24:27
    69%

    27Prepare your work outside and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

  • Deut 8:12
    69%

    12Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them,

  • Num 34:1
    69%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Prov 27:23
    69%

    23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

  • Deut 23:23
    68%

    23But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.

  • Gen 31:16
    68%

    16Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you to do.'

  • Deut 11:9
    68%

    9And so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Exod 10:24
    68%

    24Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD. Only your flocks and herds must stay behind. Even your women and children may go with you."