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Numbers
Chapter 32
1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very
great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the
land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake
unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the
congregation, saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of
Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let
this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not
over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel
from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see
the land.
9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the
land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,
saying,
11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son
of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,
that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase
of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward
Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them
in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of
Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little
ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the
land.
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance.
19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or
forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan
eastward.
20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will
go armed before the LORD to war,
21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until
he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall
return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this
land shall be your possession before the LORD.
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the
LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;
and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto
Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,
shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before
the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel:
29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the
children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to
battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then
ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,
saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,
that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to
the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of
Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of
Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts,
even the cities of the country round about.
34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for
sheep.
37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and
Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,
and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he
dwelt therein.
41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns
thereof, and called them Havothjair.
42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and
called it Nobah, after his own name.