Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

This proposal was very equitable, and it was honestly made and faithfully executed; though it did not imply that all men capable of bearing arms should go, and so leave their families and possessions defenceless, but only a sufficient detachment of them

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Bible References

This proposal was very equitable, and it was honestly made and faithfully executed; though it did not imply that all men capable of bearing arms should go, and so leave their families and possessions defenceless, but only a sufficient detachment of them

Joshua 4:13
about forty thousand, equipped for the war, passed over before Yahweh, to battle, into the waste plains of Jericho.
Genesis 33:17
But, Jacob, brake up towards Succoth, and built for himself a house, for his cattle, made he places of shelter, for which cause, the name of the place was called, Succoth.

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Numbers 32:24
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, - and then that which hath gone forth from your mouth, ye shall do.