Numbers 32:24

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So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 32:16 : 16 The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites Then they came very close to him and said,“We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,
  • Num 32:34-42 : 34 The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks. 37 The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38 Nebo, Baal Meon(with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed the cities they built. 39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there. 41 Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair. 42 Then Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

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  • Num 32:15-17
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    83%

    15For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”

    16The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites Then they came very close to him and said,“We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

    17but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

  • Num 32:25-27
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    25So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses,“Your servants will do as my lord commands.

    26Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

    27but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the LORD’s presence, just as my lord says.”

  • Num 32:22-23
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    76%

    22and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the LORD’s sight.

    23“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the LORD. And know that your sin will find you out.

  • Deut 3:19
    73%

    19But your wives, children, and livestock(of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you.

  • Josh 22:24-25
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    24We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants,‘What relationship do you have with the LORD God of Israel?

    25The LORD made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the LORD.’ In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying the LORD.

  • Deut 6:10
    72%

    10Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

  • Num 32:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Moses’ Response Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites,“Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

    7Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the LORD has given them?

  • Num 32:4
    71%

    4the land that the LORD subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”

  • Num 32:36
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    36Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

  • Josh 21:2
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    2in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

  • Deut 32:46
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    46he said to them,“Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

  • Num 32:29-31
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    29Moses said to them:“If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the LORD’s presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

    30But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”

    31Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered,“Your servants will do what the LORD has spoken.

  • Jer 29:5
    70%

    5‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

  • Josh 1:14
    70%

    14Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help them

  • Deut 29:9
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    9The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

  • Num 35:2-3
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    2“Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

    3Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.

  • Deut 28:4
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    4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

  • Deut 12:25
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    25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.

  • Deut 12:28
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    28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Num 32:1-2
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    70%

    1The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,

    2the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,

  • Deut 1:39
    69%

    39Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it.

  • Deut 29:11
    69%

    11your infants, your wives, and the resident foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water–

  • Josh 24:13
    69%

    13I gave you a land in which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

  • Deut 5:30
    69%

    30Go and tell them,‘Return to your tents!’

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

  • Num 35:9
    69%

    9The Cities of Refuge Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 12:32
    69%

    32Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.”

  • Deut 6:18
    69%

    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

  • Num 32:20
    69%

    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

  • Prov 24:27
    69%

    27Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.

  • Deut 8:12
    69%

    12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

  • Num 34:1
    69%

    1The Southern Border of the Land Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Prov 27:23
    69%

    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Deut 23:23
    68%

    23Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the LORD your God as a freewill offering.

  • Gen 31:16
    68%

    16Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”

  • Deut 11:9
    68%

    9and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Exod 10:24
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    24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said,“Go, serve the LORD– only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families may go with you.”