Numbers 32:24

24 "So build up cities for your women and children. Make sheep pens for your flocks. But do what you have promised to 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 "When the land is under the LORD's control, you can come back here. Your duty to the LORD and Israel will be over. Then the LORD will give you this land as your own.

23 "But what if you fail to do your duty? Then you will be sinning against the Lord. And you can be sure that your sin will be discovered. It will be brought out into the open.

24 "So build up cities for your women and children. Make sheep pens for your flocks. But do what you have promised to do."

25 The people of Gad and Reuben spoke to Moses. They said, "We will do just as you command.

26 Our children and wives will remain here in the cities of Gilead. So will our flocks and herds.