And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran were fenced cities built by the tribes settling east of the Jordan, with folds for sheep provided there. That building took place while Israel was preparing to cross into the promised land, when Gad and Reuben asked to remain on the east side of the Jordan rather than go over with the rest. The verse belongs to the account of the proposal and settlement of the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan.
That account of the two and a half tribes proposing to remain east of the Jordan stands as a warning that they might depart from God and fail to keep their solemn vows.
Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran were fenced cities built by the tribes settling east of the Jordan, with folds for sheep provided there. That building took place while Israel was preparing to cross into the promised land, when Gad and Reuben asked to remain on the east side of the Jordan rather than go over with the rest. The verse belongs to the account of the proposal and settlement of the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan.
That account of the two and a half tribes proposing to remain east of the Jordan stands as a warning that they might depart from God and fail to keep their solemn vows.