Numbers 32

1 Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle:

2 So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Ataroth, and Daebon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Baean,

4 which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”

the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and your servants have cattle.

5 “If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

And they said, If we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.

6 But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here?

7 Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

And why do you pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?

8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land?

9 For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

And they went up to the valley of the cluster, and spied the land, and turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land, which the Lord gave them.

10 So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying,

11 ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I sware [to give] to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me:

12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’

save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.

13 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.

And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct.

14 Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.

Behold, you are risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.

15 For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

For you will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and you will sin against this whole congregation.

16 Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;

17 But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.

We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.

19 Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”

And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.

20 Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

And Moses said to them, If you will do according to these words, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,

21 and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,

and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,

22 then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards you shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord.

23 But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

But if you will not do so, you will sin against the Lord; and you shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.

24 Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

And you shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and you shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.

25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as our lord commands.

26 Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad.

27 But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”

But your servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as [our] lord says.

28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.

And Moses appointed to them [for judges] Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of Israel.

29 And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

And Moses said to them, If the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you, every one armed for war before the Lord, and you shall subdue the land before you, then you shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.

30 But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”

But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall you cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan.

31 The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do.

32 We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”

We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and you shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.

33 So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about.

34 And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,

36 Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.

37 The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,

38 as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

and Beelmeon, surrounded [with walls], and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.

39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who lived in it.

40 So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he lived there.

41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

And Jair the [son] of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.

42 And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.