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32 After Moses sent men to explore the Jazer area, they captured all the towns in the region and drove out the Amorites who lived there.

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32 “You people of Sibmah, rich in vineyards,
    I will weep for you even more than I did for Jazer.
Your spreading vines once reached as far as the Dead Sea,[a]
    but the destroyer has stripped you bare!
    He has harvested your grapes and summer fruits.

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Footnotes

  1. 48:32 Hebrew the sea of Jazer.

The Tribes East of the Jordan

32 The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned vast numbers of livestock. So when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideally suited for their flocks and herds,

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35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

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The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;
    the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab—
    that beautiful grapevine.
Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
    and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
Its shoots reached so far west
    that they crossed over the Dead Sea.[a]

So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah;
    my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
There are no more shouts of joy
    over your summer fruits and harvest.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:8 Hebrew the sea.

“Notice the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah,[a] Nebo, and Beon.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:3 As in Samaritan Pentateuch and Greek version (see also 32:38); Hebrew reads Sebam.

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