Bamidbar 32:34

34 And the Bnei Gad built Divon, and Atarot, and Aroer,

Bamidbar 32:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:34

And the children of Gad built
Or rather repaired the walls and fortifications, and rebuilt houses which had been demolished in the wars with Sihon and Og; when the following places were taken by the Israelites:

Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;
the two first are mentioned in ( Numbers 32:3 ) . Aroer was a city situated on the river Arnon, and was after this in the hands of the Moabites: Jerom says ^F17, it was showed in his day on the top of the mountain, upon the bank of the river Arnon, which flows into the Dead sea, ( Jeremiah 48:19 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 De loc. Heb. fol. 87. I.

Bamidbar 32:34 In-Context

32 We will cross over armed before Hashem into Eretz Kena’an, that the achuzzat nachalatenu on that side of the Yarden may be our own.

33 And Moshe gave unto them, even to the Bnei Gad, and to the Bnei Reuven, and unto half the shevet of Menasheh Ben Yosef, the kingdom of Sichon Melech HaEmori, and the kingdom of Og Melech HaBashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the territories, even the cities of the surrounding land.

34 And the Bnei Gad built Divon, and Atarot, and Aroer,

35 And Atrot, Shophan, Ya’azer, and Yogbehah,

36 And Beit Nimrah and Beit Haran, fortified cities; and gidrot tzon.