MANNAFEST

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

KJV

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ASV

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

WEB

Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

YLT

And they come nigh unto him, and say, `Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;

DBT

And they drew near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;

About this book

Old Testament

NumbersIsrael on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author
Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date
The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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