God’s Word Translation
Numbers 32:24
24Build cities for your families and stone fences for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
Numbers 32:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what has proceeded out of your mouth.”
Context of Numbers 32:24
22and the land is conquered. Then you may come back. You will have fulfilled your military duty to the Lord and Israel. This land will be your own property in the Lord’s presence. 23“If you don’t do all these things, you will be sinning against the Lord. You can be sure that you will be punished for your sin. Build cities for your families and stone fences for your flocks, but do what you have promised.” 25Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben said to Moses, “Sir, we will do as you command. 26Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our other animals will stay here in the cities of Gilead.
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:24 word by word
בְּנֽוּ־לָכֶ֤ם עָרִים֙ לְטַפְּכֶ֔ם וּגְדֵרֹ֖ת לְצֹנַאֲכֶ֑ם וְהַיֹּצֵ֥א מִפִּיכֶ֖ם תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- you citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- for your little onesטַףţaph · childH2945
- and foldsגְּדֵרָהgedêrâh · wallH1448
- for your sheepצֹנֶהtsônê' tsôneh · sheepH6792
- and doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- that which hath proceededיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: speakH3318
- out of your mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
Cross-references for Numbers 32:24
Commentaries on Numbers 32:24
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-27Verses 16-27 Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the children of Israel into the land of Canaan, and that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-24Moses agreed to the terms offered by Reuben and Gad. If they helped their relatives fight the Canaanites, they would fulfill their part of the agreement. Then they could return to their settlements east of the Jordan River (32:22). If they did not keep their promise, it would be a serious sin against God (32:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing--with sincerity and zeal. go before the Lord to war--The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on Nu 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and Gad, so that, literally, they passed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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