Numbers 32:36

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 32:36 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
Numbers 32:36 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 32

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
36and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities, etc.] The first of these is the same with Nimrah, (<043203>Numbers 32:3), and the other is the same with Betharam, (<061327>Joshua 13:27), it is called in the Jerusalem Talmud f469, Bethramtha, and so by the Syrians, Bethramphta; and to the same place Herod gave the name of Livias or Julias f470: these cities the children of Gad built or repaired for their families: and folds for sheep; they also built for their cattle, as they promised to do, and Moses enjoined them, (<043216>Numbers 32:16,24,26).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The cities here named fall into three groups. On Dibon, compare Numbers 21:19. The Moabite stone was discovered here in 1868. This city, occupied on the first acquisition of the territory by the Gadites, and assigned by Joshua to the Reubenites, was eventually recaptured by the Moabites, in whose hands it remained. Ataroth, i. e., “crowns” (Attarus?) was seven miles northwest of Dibon. Aroer (Arair) lay between Dibon and the Arnon. Atroth, Shophan - , was Atroth-Shophan, i. e., Atroth, or Ataroth of Shophan, or “of the burrow;” thus distinguished from the Ataroth named in the verse preceding from which it was probably not far distant. These four cities may be styled the Dibon settlement.…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Bethnimrah: Probably the same as Nimrim in Jer 48:34, and the Bethnabris mentioned by Eusebius, five miles north from Livias. Burckhardt says, that "in the valley of the Jordan, south of Abou Obeida, are the ruins of Nemrim, probably the Beth-nimrah of the Scriptures." Num 32:3, Nimrah fenced cities: Num 32:24 Numbers 32:37”
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