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href="../numbers/32-35.htm" title="Numbers 32:35">◄</a> Numbers 32:36 <a href="../numbers/32-37.htm" title="Numbers 32:37">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/numbers/32.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/numbers/32.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/numbers/32.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/calvin/numbers/32.htm" title="Calvin's Commentaries">Calvin</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/numbers/32.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/numbers/32.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/numbers/32.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a 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They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith, sensible of the goodness of God, constrained by the love of Christ, sanctified by the power of the Holy Ghost, and yet be indifferent to the progress of religion, and the spiritual success of others, through love of ease, or fear of conflict. Let then your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/numbers/32.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>The third Gadite settlement lay in the valley of the Jordan, to the west of the preceding. It comprised the cities of Bethnimrah (Nimrun) and "Beth-haran" (Beit-ha-ran). <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/numbers/32.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>35-38. Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, &c.—Jaazer, near a famed fountain, Ain Hazier, the waters of which flow into Wady Schaib, about fifteen miles from Hesbon. Beth-nimrah, now Nimrin; Heshbon, now Hesban; Elealeh (Hebrew, "the high"), now Elaal; Kirjathaim (Hebrew, "the double city"); Nebo, now Neba, near the mountain of that name; Baal-meon, now Myoun, in ruins, where was a temple of Baal (Jos 13:17; Jer 48:23); Shibmah, or Shebam (Nu 32:3), near Heshbon, famous for vines (Isa 16:9, 10; Jer 48:32).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/numbers/32.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/numbers/32.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities,.... The first of these is the same with Nimrah, <a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/32-3.htm">Numbers 32:3</a>, and the other is the same with Betharam, <a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/13-27.htm">Joshua 13:27</a>, it is called in the Jerusalem Talmud (r), Bethramtha, and so by the Syrians, Bethramphta; and to the same place Herod gave the name of Livias or Julias (s): these cities the children of Gad built or repaired for their families: <p>and folds for sheep; they also built for their cattle, as they promised to do, and Moses enjoined them, <a href="/numbers/32-16.htm">Numbers 32:16</a>. <p>(r) Sheviith, fol. 38. 4. (s) Vid. Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 643. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/numbers/32.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 36.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Beth-nimrah</span> <span class="cmt_word">and Beth-haran.</span> Supposed to be the present Nimrun and Beit-haran in the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the Israelitish camp. The latter would seem to have fallen subsequently to Reuben. <span class="cmt_word">Fenced cities, and folds for sheep.</span> There should be no stop between these two clauses. All these places were "built" for the double purpose of affording protection to the families and to the flocks of the tribe. Numbers 32:36<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/numbers/32.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>The Gadites built, i.e., restored and fortified, the following places. Dibon, also called Dibon Gad, an hour's journey to the north of the central Arnon. Ataroth, probably preserved in the extensive ruins of Attarus, on Jebel Attarus, between el Krriath (Kureyat) and Makur, i.e., Machaerus (see Seetzen, ii. p. 342). Aroer, not the Aroer before Rabbah, which was allotted to the Gadites (<a href="/joshua/13-25.htm">Joshua 13:25</a>), as v. Raumer supposes; but the Aroer of Reuben in the centre of the valley of the Arnon (<a href="/joshua/12-2.htm">Joshua 12:2</a>; <a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/13-9.htm">Joshua 13:9</a>, <a href="/joshua/13-16.htm">Joshua 13:16</a>), which is still to be seen in the ruins of Araayr, on the edge of the lofty rocky wall which bounds the Modjeb (Burckhardt, p. 633). Atroth Shophan: only mentioned here; situation unknown. Jaezer: probably to be sought for in the ruins of es Szir, to the west of Ammn (see at <a href="/numbers/21-32.htm">Numbers 21:32</a>). Jogbehah: only mentioned again in <a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/8-11.htm">Judges 8:11</a>, and preserved in the ruins of Jebeiha, about two hours to the north-west of Ammn (Burckhardt, p. 618; Robinson, App. p. 168). Beth-nimrah, contracted into Nimrah (<a href="/numbers/32-3.htm">Numbers 32:3</a>), according to <a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/13-27.htm">Joshua 13:27</a>, in the valley of the Jordan, and according to the Onomast. (s. v. Βηθναβράν) Beth-amnaram, five Roman miles to the north of Libias (Bethharam), now to be seen in the ruins of Nimrein or Nemrin, where the Wady Shaib enters the Jordan (Burckhardt, pp. 609, 661; Robinson, ii. p. 279), in a site abounding in water and pasturage (Seetzen, ii. pp. 318, 716). Beth-Haran, or Beth-Haram (<a href="/joshua/13-27.htm">Joshua 13:27</a>): Beth-ramphtha, according to Josephus, Ant. 18:2, 1, which was called Julias, in honour of the wife of Augustus. According to the Onomast. it was called Beth-Ramtha by the Syrians (רמתא בּית, the form of the Aramaean stat. emphat.), and was named Livias by Herod Antipas, in honour of Livia, the wife of Augustus. It has been preserved in the ruins of Rameh, not far from the mouth of the Wady Hesbn (Burckhardt, p. 661, and Robinson, ii. 305). The words וגו מבצר ערי in <a href="/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36</a> are governed by ויּבנוּ in <a href="/numbers/32-34.htm">Numbers 32:34</a> : "they built them as fortified cities and folds for flocks," i.e., they fortified them, and built folds in them. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/numbers/32-36.htm">Numbers 32:36 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../numbers/32-35.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 32:35"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:35" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/32-37.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 32:37"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:37" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>