Numbers 32:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

And they went neere to him, and said, We will builde sheepe foldes here for our sheepe, and for our cattell, and cities for our children.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 33:17 : 17 And Iaakob went forwarde towarde Succoth, and built him an house, & made boothes for his cattell: therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.
  • Num 34:22 : 22 Also of the tribe of the sonnes of Dan, the prince Bukki, the sonne of Iogli.

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  • Num 32:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17But we our selues will be readie armed to go before the children of Israel, vntill we haue brought them vnto their place: but our childre shall dwell in the defenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the lande.

    18We will not returne vnto our houses, vntil the children of Israel haue inherited, euery man his inheritance.

  • Num 32:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24Builde you then cities for your children & folds for your sheepe, and do that ye haue spoke.

    25Then the children of Gad & the children of Reuben spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruats will doe as my lorde commandeth:

    26Our childre, our wiues, our sheepe, & al our cattell shall remaine there in the cities of Gilead,

    27But thy seruants will goe euery one armed to warre before the Lorde for to fight, as my lorde saith.

  • Num 32:36
    77%

    36And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, defenced cities: also sheepe foldes.

  • Num 32:15
    75%

    15For if ye turne away from following him, he will yet againe leaue the people in the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all this folke.

  • Josh 21:2
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    2And spake vnto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lorde commanded by the hande of Moses, to giue vs cities to dwell in, with the suburbes thereof for our cattell.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
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    16They were as a wall vnto vs both by night & by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe.

  • Num 32:30-32
    3 verses
    73%

    30But if they will not goe ouer with you armed, then they shall haue their possessions amog you in the land of Canaan.

    31And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lorde hath said vnto thy seruants, so will we doe.

    32We will goe armed before the Lorde into the lande of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance may be to vs on this side Iorden.

  • Num 32:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Which countrey the Lorde smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a lande meete for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell:

    5Wherefore, said they, if we haue foud grace in thy sight, let this lande be giuen vnto thy seruants for a possession, & bring vs not ouer Iorde.

  • Josh 22:26
    72%

    26Therefore we said, We will nowe go about to make vs an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice,

  • Josh 22:15
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    15So they went vnto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh, vnto the land of Gilead, and spake with them, saying,

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32And the men are shepheardes, & because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue.

  • Num 35:2-3
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    72%

    2Commande ye children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritace of their possession, cities to dwell in: yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites the suburbes of the cities round about them.

    3So they shall haue the cities to dwell in, & their suburbes shall be for their cattell, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

  • Deut 1:22
    72%

    22Then ye came vnto me euery one, and said, We wil send men before vs, to search vs out the land & to bring vs word againe, what way we must go vp by, & vnto what cities we shall come.

  • Deut 3:19
    71%

    19Your wiues onely, and your children, and your cattel (for I know that ye haue much cattel) shall abide in your cities, which I haue giuen you,

  • Josh 9:11
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    11Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.

  • Gen 34:16
    71%

    16Then will we giue our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people.

  • Josh 22:24
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    24And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say vnto our children, What haue ye to doe with the Lord God of Israel?

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Nowe the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad had an exceeding great multitude of cattell: and they sawe the lande of Iazer, and the lande of Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattel.

    2Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying,

  • Gen 34:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Onely herein will the men consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people, if all the men children among vs be circumcised as they are circumcised.

    23Shall not their flockes and their substance and all their cattell be ours? onely let vs consent herein vnto them, and they will dwell with vs.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
    71%

    7Therefore he saide to Iudah, Let vs builde these cities and make walles about, and towers, gates, and barres, whiles the lande is before vs: because we haue sought the Lorde our God, we haue sought him, and he hath giuen vs rest on euery side: so they built and prospered.

  • Jer 42:13-14
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    71%

    13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither heare the voyce of the Lord your God,

    14Saying, Nay, but we will goe into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no warre, nor heare the sounde of the trumpet, nor haue hunger of bread, and there will we dwell,

  • Num 13:19
    70%

    19(13:20) Also what the lande is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad: and what cities they be, that they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents, or in walled townes:

  • Josh 8:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5And I and all the people that are with me, will approche vnto the citie: and when they shall come out against vs, as they did at the first time, then will we flee before them.

    6For they wil come out after vs, till we haue brought them out of the citie: for they will say, They flee before vs as at the first time: so we will flee before them.

  • Num 14:3
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    3Wherefore nowe hath the Lorde brought vs into this lande to fall vpon the sworde? Our wiues, and our children shall be a pray: were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt?

  • Num 10:31-32
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    70%

    31Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide.

    32And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lord shall shew vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee.

  • Gen 33:13
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    13Then he answered him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, & the ewes & kine with yong vnder mine hande: and if they should ouerdriue them one day, all the flocke would die.

  • Deut 2:35
    70%

    35Onely the cattell we tooke to our selues, and the spoyle of the cities which we tooke,

  • Deut 6:10
    70%

    10And when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue to thee, with great and goodly cities which thou buildedst not,

  • Num 14:8
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    8If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.

  • Exod 1:10
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    10Come, let vs worke wisely with them, least they multiplie, and it come to passe, that if there be warre, they ioyne them selues also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and get them out of the land.

  • Gen 34:10
    69%

    10And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and doe your businesse in it, and haue your possessions therein.

  • Deut 1:39
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    39Moreouer, your children, which ye sayd should be a praye, and your sonnes, which in that day had no knowledge betweene good and euill, they shall go in thither, and vnto them wil I giue it, and they shall possesse it.

  • Num 32:20
    69%

    20And Moses saide vnto them, If ye will doe this thing, and goe armed before the Lord to warre:

  • Jer 6:3
    69%

    3The pastors with their flockes shall come vnto her: they shall pitche their tentes rounde about by her, & euery one shal feede in his place.

  • Num 14:31
    69%

    31But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused: