Numbers 32:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Then they came up to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks and towns for our little ones,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But they came near to him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks and walled settlements for our little ones.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So they approached him and said, “We will build walled enclosures here for our livestock and towns for our children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But approaching closer, they said: "We will manufacture sheep pens and cattle stalls, as well as fortified cities, for our little ones.

Numbers 32:16 Cross References

Numbers 34:22

Of the tribe of the Danites a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.

Genesis 33:17

But Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house and made booths for his cattle; therefore the place is called Succoth.

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds;

Numbers 32:15

If you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.”

Numbers 32:17

but we will take up arms as a vanguard before the Israelites, until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our little ones will stay in the fortified towns because of the inhabitants of the land.

Deuteronomy 3:19

Only your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—shall stay behind in the towns that I have given to you.

Deuteronomy 33:21

He chose the best for himself, for there a commander’s allotment was reserved; he came at the head of the people; he executed the justice of the Lord and his ordinances with Israel.”