“And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.”
And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded — Reuben constructs or renames additional cities, changing their names presumably from Canaanite to Hebrew designations. This renaming reflects the theological principle that Israel's conquest brings transformation: old names yield to new ones that often invoke the covenant God.
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