Numbers 32:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ Then they came near to him and said, “Let us build sheep-enclosures here for our livestock, and cities 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

Genesis 33:17

And Yaʽ

Genesis 49:14

“Yissasḵ

Numbers 32:15

“For if you turn away from following Him, He shall once again leave them in the wilderness, and you shall destroy all these people.”

Numbers 32:17

but let us ourselves be armed, hastening before the children of Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 34:22

“And a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan: Buqqi son of Yogli.

Deuteronomy 3:19

‘But let your wives and your little ones, and your livestock – I know that you have much livestock – stay in your cities which I have given you,

Deuteronomy 33:21

“And he chose the best for himself, for there the portion of the lawgiver was hidden. And he came with the heads of the people. The righteousness of יהוה  he did, and His right-rulings with Yisra’ĕ