Verse Lens · Context pointer
Numbers 32:24 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 24. 24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
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Role in This Section
Numbers 32:24 within “Moses Makes the Bargain Conditional and Public,” states this decision, limit, petition, commission, or accountability point; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.
Read It With
- Numbers 32:20–27
Read Numbers 32:24 with 32:20–27. It within “Moses Makes the Bargain Conditional and Public,” states this decision, limit, petition, commission, or accountability point; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Moses accepts the proposal if the warriors cross before the LORD until the land is subdued, warns that failure will find them out, permits building towns and pens, and hears their formal commitment concerning children, livestock, and armed service.
Continue in Context
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Read Numbers 32:20–27 — Moses Makes the Bargain Conditional and PublicSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 32:20–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 32:20–27
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