Numbers - 32:36



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

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 32:36.

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And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
And Bethnemra, and Betharan, fenced cities, and folds for their cattle.
and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and sheepfolds.
and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fenced cities, and folds for sheep.
and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds.
And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.
and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, as fortified cities with pens for their cattle.
Et Beth-nimrah, et Beth-haran, urbes munitas et caulas ovium.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The third Gadite settlement lay in the valley of the Jordan, to the west of the preceding. It comprised the cities of Bethnimrah (Nimrun) and "Beth-haran" (Beit-ha-ran).

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities,.... The first of these is the same with Nimrah, Numbers 32:3, and the other is the same with Betharam, Joshua 13:27, it is called in the Jerusalem Talmud (r), Bethramtha, and so by the Syrians, Bethramphta; and to the same place Herod gave the name of Livias or Julias (s): these cities the children of Gad built or repaired for their families:
and folds for sheep; they also built for their cattle, as they promised to do, and Moses enjoined them, Numbers 32:16.
(r) Sheviith, fol. 38. 4. (s) Vid. Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 643.

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