◄ Numbers 32:36 ►
And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
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Beth-nimrah. Probably the same as Nimrim in

Jeremiah 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, and even to Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim...

, and the Bethnabris mentioned by Eusebius, five miles north from Livias. Burckhardt says, that 'in the valley of the Jordan, south of Abou Obeida, are the ruins of Nemrim, probably the Beth-nimrah of the Scriptures.'

Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Nimrah. Fenced cities

Numbers 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.



Context
Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead

33And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. 37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built. 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 to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelled therein. 41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. 42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Bethnemra, and Betharan, fenced cities, and folds for their cattle.

Darby Bible Translation
and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and sheepfolds.

King James Bible
And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

Young's Literal Translation
and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds.

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