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Numbers 32:16

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

KJV

At illi prope accedentes, dixerunt : Caulas ovium fabricabimus, et stabula jumentorum, parvulis quoque nostris urbes munitas :

Vulgate

καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ καὶ ἔλεγον Ἐπαύλεις προβάτων οἰκοδομήσωμεν ὧδε τοῖς κτήνεσιν ἡμῶν καὶ πόλεις ταῖς ἀποσκευαῖς ἡμῶν,

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֤וּ אֵלָי/ו֙ וַ֣/יֹּאמְר֔וּ גִּדְרֹ֥ת צֹ֛אן נִבְנֶ֥ה לְ/מִקְנֵ֖/נוּ פֹּ֑ה וְ/עָרִ֖ים לְ/טַפֵּֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
גְדֵרָ֑ה
gdrh
noun · 11×
ה
h
verb · 124×
הוּ
hv
noun · 76×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נוּ
nv
noun · 42×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פֹּ֖ה
ph
adverb · 82×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Num 32:24 — Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.