Numbers 32:24

24 So, go ahead. Build towns for your families and corrals for you livestock. Do what you said you'd do."

Numbers 32:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:24

Build ye cities for your little ones, and folds for
your sheep
For their safety and security, as they proposed to do:

and do that which proceedeth out of your mouth;
all that they had promised.

Numbers 32:24 In-Context

22 then when the land is secure you will have fulfilled your duty to God and Israel. Then this land will be yours to keep before God.
23 "But if you don't do what you say, you will be sinning against God; you can be sure that your sin will track you down.
24 So, go ahead. Build towns for your families and corrals for you livestock. Do what you said you'd do."
25 The families of Gad and Reuben told Moses: "We will do as our master commands.
26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will stay behind here in the towns of Gilead.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.