Numbers 32:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Ver. 16. We will build sheep folds.] This was their intent at first, though Moses mistook them. There may be gross mistakes, and thereupon grievous unkindnesses, betwixt dearest friends. Cyril, and John, bishop of Antioch, objected heresy one to another, and proceeded as far as excommunication; postea comperti idem sentire: so did Cyril and Theodoret.

Numbers 32:16

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