Numbers 32:38
Verse 38 of 42. The 32nd of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.
34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Numbers 32:38 in the World English Bible
Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.Read Numbers 32:38 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:38
Concerning the settlement of these tribes observe, (1.) They built the cities, that is, repaired them, because either they had been damaged by the war or the Amorites had suffered them to go to decay. (2.) They changed the names of them (v. 38), either to show their authority, that the change of the names might signify the change of their owners, or because their names were idolatrous, and carried in them a respect to the dunghill-deities that were there…
Read Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:28–42: Inheritance of the Reubenites. (b. c. 1452.)
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