Numbers 32:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

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.

Numbers 34:22

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

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.”