Numbers 32:38

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and Nevo, and Ba`al-Me`on, (their names being changed,) and Sivmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

King James Version
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

Lexham English Bible
and Nebo, Baal Meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah, and they renamed the cities that they rebuilt.

English Standard Version
Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.

New Century Version
Nebo, Baal Meon, and Sibmah. They renamed Nebo and Baal Meon when they rebuilt them.

New English Translation
Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed the cities they built.

Amplified Bible
Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names being changed) and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

New American Standard Bible
Nebo, and Baal-meon—their names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Nebo, and Baal-meon, and turned their names, and Shibmah: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they built.

Legacy Standard Bible
and Nebo and Baal-meon—their names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Contemporary English Version
Sibmah, as well as the towns that used to be known as Nebo and Baal-Meon. They renamed all those places.

Complete Jewish Bible
N'vo, Ba‘al-M‘on (these names have been changed) and Sivmah; they renamed the cities they built.

Darby Translation
and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built.

Easy-to-Read Version
Nebo, Baal Meon, and Sibmah. They used the names of the cities that they rebuilt. But they changed the names of Nebo and Baal Meon.

George Lamsa Translation
Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names being changed), and Sibmah; and gave other names to the cities which they built.

Good News Translation
Nebo, Baal Meon (this name was changed), and Sibmah. They gave new names to the towns they rebuilt.

Christian Standard Bible®
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

Literal Translation
and Nebo, and Baal-meon, their names being changed, and Sibmah. And they called by name the names of the cities which they had built.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nebo, Baal Meon, & turned ye names, & Sibamas & gaue names vnto ye cities which they buylded.

American Standard Version
and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

Bible in Basic English
And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nebo, Baalmeon, and turned their names, and Sibama also: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they builded.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Nebo, and Baal-meon--their names being changed--and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.

King James Version (1611)
And Nebo, and Baalmeon (their names being changed) and Shibmah: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they builded.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Beelmeon, surrounded with walls, and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.

English Revised Version
and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

Berean Standard Bible
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Balmeon, whanne the names weren turned, and thei bildiden Sabama; and puttiden names to the citees, whiche thei hadden bildid.

Young's Literal Translation
and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by [these] names the names of the cities which they have built.

Update Bible Version
and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built.

World English Bible
and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

New King James Version
Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

New Living Translation
Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They changed the names of some of the towns they conquered and rebuilt.

New Life Bible
Nebo and Baal-meon (their names to be changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities they built.

New Revised Standard
Nebo, and Baal-meon (some names being changed), and Sibmah; and they gave names to the towns that they rebuilt.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Nebo and Baal-meon - their names being changed, and Sibmah, - and they gave names to the cities which they built.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their names being changed) and Sabama: giving names to the cities which they had built.

Revised Standard Version
Nebo, and Ba'al-me'on (their names to be changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Nebo and Baal-meon—their names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Contextual Overview

²⁸So Moses issued orders for them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the People of Israel. Moses said, "If the families of Gad and Reuben cross the Jordan River with you and before God , all armed and ready to fight, then after the land is secure, you may give them the land of Gilead as their inheritance. But if they don't cross over with you, they'll have to settle up with you in Canaan." ³¹The families of Gad and Reuben responded: "We will do what God has said. We will cross the Jordan before God , ready and willing to fight. But the land we inherit will be here, to the east of the Jordan." ³³ Moses gave the families of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan—the land, its towns, and all the territories connected with them—the works. ³⁴The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities; they also built corrals for their animals. ³⁷The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, also Nebo and Baal Meon and Sibmah. They renamed the cities that they rebuilt. ³⁹The family of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who lived there. Moses then gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh. They moved in and settled there. ⁴¹ Jair, another son of Manasseh, captured some villages and named them Havvoth Jair (Jair's Tent-Camps). ⁴² Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding camps. He renamed it after himself, Nobah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Nebo: Isaiah 46:1

Baalmeon: This town is placed, by Eusebius and Jerome, nine miles from Heshbon, at the foot of mount Abarim. Numbers 22:41

gave other names unto the cities: Heb. they called by names the names of the cities, Numbers 32:3, Genesis 26:18, Exodus 23:13, Joshua 23:7, Psalms 16:4, Isaiah 46:1

Reciprocal: Joshua 13:17 - Bamothbaal Joshua 13:19 - And Kirjathaim 1 Chronicles 5:8 - Nebo Isaiah 15:2 - Nebo Isaiah 16:8 - the vine Jeremiah 48:1 - Nebo Jeremiah 48:23 - Bethmeon Jeremiah 48:32 - vine Ezekiel 25:9 - Baalmeon

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,).... For Nebo was the name of an idol, after which perhaps the city was called: Baalmeon signifies "Baal's habitation", and where it is highly probable was a temple of his; and the children of Reuben, not liking to retain such idolatrous names, gave them others, but what they were it is not said; and certain it is, that when these places came into the hands of the Moabites, their ancient names were restored to them, as appears from Isaiah 15:2

and Shibmah; the same with Shebam, Numbers 32:3, and gave other names unto the cities which they built; but they are neither known, nor did they always continue, as has been observed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Reubenites established themselves more compactly than the Gadites. Elcalch (el-’Al) a mile to the northeast; Nebo (Nebbeh) probably three miles to the southwest; Baal-meon (Main) nearly two miles to the south; Kirjathaim (Kureiyat?): and Shibmah, more properly Sibmah, famous at a later period for its vines (compare Isaiah 16:8), four miles east of Heshbon; all clustered round the old Amorite Capital. The Reubenites probably retained at the partition all these cities with the exception of Heshbon, which, passing to the Levites, were thenceforth reckoned as within the tribe of Gad.

Neither the Reubenites nor the Gadites were “builders” in the sense of founders of the cities of which they thus took possession. They probably fortified them, for the first time or afresh, so as to render them places of safety for their families during the campaigns on the other side of the Jordan; and provided them with all conveniences for their flocks and herds.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 32:38. And Nebo - their names being changed — That is, Those who conquered the cities called them after their own names. Thus the city Kenath, being conquered by Nobah, was called after his name, Numbers 32:42.