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Nu 32:16 Strong Concordance And they came near [05066] unto him, and said [0559], We will build [01129] sheepfolds [01448] [06629] here for our cattle [04735], and cities [05892] for our little ones [02945]:
  King James And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
they came near--The narrative gives a picturesque description of this scene. The suppliants had shrunk back, dreading from the undisguised emotions of their leader that their request would be refused. But, perceiving, from the tenor of his discourse, that his objection was grounded only on the supposition that they would not cross the Jordan to assist their brethren, they became emboldened to approach him with assurances of their goodwill.

We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones--that is, rebuild, repair. It would have been impossible within two months to found new cities, or even to reconstruct those which had been razed to the ground. Those cities of the Amorites were not absolutely demolished, and they probably consisted only of mud-built, or dry-stone walls.
 
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37 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265] from Rameses [07486] to Succoth [05523], about six [08337] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] on foot [07273] that were men [01397], beside [0905] children [02945].
4 And the men [0582] of David [01732] said [0559] unto him, Behold the day [03117] of which the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto thee, Behold, I will deliver [05414] thine enemy [0341] into thine hand [03027], that thou mayest do [06213] to him as it shall seem good [03190] unto thee [05869]. Then David [01732] arose [06965], and cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of Saul's [07586] robe [04598] privily [03909].