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:”
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
Related Verses
“Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.”
“The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,”
“Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:”
“And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,”
“So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.”