Numbers 32:1

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

2 So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

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BSB
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
KJV
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
WEB
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
ASV
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
DARBY
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had much cattle, a very great multitude; and they saw the land of Jaazer, and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle.
BLB
And much livestock was unto the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, very numerous. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region [was] a place for livestock;
ÅB
Rubens barn og Gads barn hadde en mengde fe, en svær mengde; og da de så at Jasers land og Gileads land var vel skikket for feavl,
OTB
Etterkommerne av Ruben og Gad, som hadde en betydelig mengde buskap, så at områdene Jaser og Gilead var godt egnet for dyrene deres.
B1930
Rubens barn og Gads barn hadde en mengde fe, en svær mengde; og da de så at Jasers land og Gileads land var vel skikket for feavl,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 21:32

    After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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  • Genesis 13:2

    And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

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  • Genesis 13:10–11

    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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  • Numbers 32:3

    “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

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  • Numbers 32:35

    Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

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  • Numbers 26:5–7

    Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,

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  • Numbers 32:26

    Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

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  • Genesis 47:4

    Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”

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