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Numbers 32:1

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NOW the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
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  1. Numbers 21:32Rank 1 from verse 1
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    32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

  2. Genesis 13:10–11Rank 2 from verse 1
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    10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

    11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

  3. Genesis 13:2Rank 3 from verse 1
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    2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

  4. Numbers 32:3Rank 4 from verse 1
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    3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

  5. Numbers 32:35Rank 5 from verse 1
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    35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

  6. 1 John 2:16Rank 6 from verse 1
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    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  7. 2 Samuel 24:5Rank 7 from verse 1
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    5¶ And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

  8. Exodus 12:38Rank 8 from verse 1
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    38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

  9. Genesis 13:5Rank 9 from verse 1
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    5¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

  10. Genesis 29:32Rank 10 from verse 1
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    32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

  11. Genesis 30:10–11Rank 11 from verse 1
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    10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.

    11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

  12. Genesis 47:4Rank 12 from verse 1
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    4They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

  13. Isaiah 16:8–9Rank 13 from verse 1
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    8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

    9¶ Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

  14. Jeremiah 50:19Rank 14 from verse 1
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    19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

  15. Joshua 13:25Rank 15 from verse 1
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    25And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

  16. Micah 7:14Rank 16 from verse 1
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    14¶ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  17. Numbers 2:10–15Rank 17 from verse 1
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    10¶ On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

    11And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

    12And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

    13And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

    14Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

    15And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

  18. Numbers 26:15–18Rank 18 from verse 1
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    15¶ The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:

    16Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:

    17Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

    18These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

  19. Numbers 26:5–7Rank 19 from verse 1
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    5¶ Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

    6Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

    7These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

  20. Numbers 32:26Rank 20 from verse 1
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    26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

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Numbers 32:1

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Gad

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Sense 1: The name of Jacob's son by Zilpah, and by extension the tribe descended from him, its people, and its allotted territory. Sense 2: The name of David's prophet and seer. Sense 3: An element in the place names Dibon-gad, Baal-gad, and Migdal-gad.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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32:1NOW the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

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32:2The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

32:4Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

32:5Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

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