Numbers 32:36

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

American Standard Version (1901)

and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

Bible in Basic English

And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.

Free Bible Version

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified towns, and they built stone walls for their flocks.

King James (Authorized) Version

And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

One Unity Resource Bible

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran [Mountaineer]: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

Translation for Translators

Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran cities. Those were cities with strong walls around them. And they also built pens for their sheep.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities with pens for sheep.

Noah Webster Bible

And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities: and folds for sheep.

World English Bible

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.

Young's Literal Translation

and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds.

Context

The Tribes East of the Jordan

³⁵Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,³⁶Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

Summary

In Numbers 32:36, we see the fulfillment of the agreement made between the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh with Moses. These tribes had requested to settle on the east side of the Jordan River, and they were given specific territories to inhabit. This verse serves as a record of the allocation of land to these tribes, highlighting the importance of honoring commitments and the faithfulness of God in providing for His people's needs. It also demonstrates the orderly and organized distribution of land among the Israelites as they prepared to enter the Promised Land.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim. Heshbon was the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and Elealeh was within a mile of it, see Num 32:3, this shows that those cities were not built anew properly, only repaired, for they were cities in being long before; besides, they had not time to build new cities, for in a few months after this they passed over Jordan; though indeed they left men enough behind to rebuild cities, whom they might set to work about them when they departed: Kirjathaim is, by the Targum of Jonathan, called the city of two streets paved with marble, and it adds, this is Beresha: Jerom (t) says, it is now called Coraiatha, which is pretty near its ancient name, and that it is ten miles from Medeba, a city of Arabia, mentioned as one of the cities in the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, Num 21:30. (t) De loc. Heb. fol. 89. M.