16 Then they came near to him and said: “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,

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16 Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens(A) here for our livestock(B) and cities for our women and children.

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17 but (A)we ourselves will be armed, ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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17 But we will arm ourselves for battle[a] and go ahead of the Israelites(A) until we have brought them to their place.(B) Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 32:17 Septuagint; Hebrew will be quick to arm ourselves