Mínshùjì 32:16

16 Liǎng zhīpaì de rén āijìn Móxī , shuō , wǒmen yào zaì zhèlǐ wéi shēngchù lĕi quān , wéi fùrén háizi zào chéng .

Mínshùjì 32:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:16

And they came near unto him
The heads of the tribes of Gad and Reuben came a little nearer to Moses, having something more to say unto him, in order to explain their meaning, and in doing which they used some degree of freedom and boldness with him, see ( Genesis 44:18 )

and said, we will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for
our little ones
not build new ones, but repair the old ones; for there were cities enough in the country, as before named, and no doubt sheepfolds too, as the land was a place of cattle, but those were through the war broken down and demolished, and needed repairing; and this they proposed to do, and leave their children and their cattle to the care of their servants, under the protection of the divine Providence, and did not mean for the present to take up their abode here.

Mínshùjì 32:16 In-Context

14 Shuí zhī , nǐmen qǐlai jiēxù xiān zǔ , zēngtiān zuì rén de shùmù , shǐ Yēhéhuá xiàng Yǐsèliè dà fā liè nù .

15 Nǐmen ruò tuì hòu bú gēn cóng tā , tā hái yào bǎ Yǐsèliè rén piĕ zaì kuàngyĕ , biàn shì nǐmen shǐ zhè zhòng mín mièwáng .

16 Liǎng zhīpaì de rén āijìn Móxī , shuō , wǒmen yào zaì zhèlǐ wéi shēngchù lĕi quān , wéi fùrén háizi zào chéng .

17 Wǒmen zìjǐ yào daì bīngqì xíng zaì Yǐsèliè rén de qiántou , hǎo bǎ tāmen lǐng dào tāmende dìfang . dàn wǒmen de fùrén háizi , yīn zhè dì jūmín de yuángù , yào zhù zaì jiāngù de chéng neì .

18 Wǒmen bú huí jia , zhí dĕng dào Yǐsèliè rén gè chéngshòu zìjǐ de chǎnyè .