Numbers 32

1 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:

And much livestock has [belonged] to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad—very many; and they see the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place [is] a place [for] livestock;

2 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,

and the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben come in and speak to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

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

“Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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

the land which YHWH has struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”

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

And they say, “If we have found grace in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.”

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

And Moses says to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Do your brothers go to the battle, and you—do you sit here?

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

And why discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from passing over to the land which YHWH has given to them?

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

Thus your fathers did in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land;

9 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.

and they go up to the Valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go into the land which YHWH has given to them;

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

and the anger of YHWH burns in that day, and He swears, saying,

11 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:

They do not see—the men who are coming up out of Egypt from a son of twenty years and upward—the ground which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, for they have not been fully after Me,

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

except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have been fully after YHWH;

13 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.

and the anger of YHWH burns against Israel, and He causes them to wander in the wilderness [for] forty years, until the consumption of all the generation which is doing evil in the eyes of YHWH.

14 Behold, ye 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.

And behold, you have risen in the stead of your fathers, an increase of sinful men, to add yet to the fury of the anger of YHWH toward Israel;

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

when you turn back from after Him, then He has added yet to leave him in the wilderness, and you have done corruptly to all this people.”

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

And they come near to him and say, “We build folds for the flock here for our livestock, and cities for our infants;

17 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.

but we are armed, hastening before the sons of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defense because of the inhabitants of the land;

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

we do not return to our houses until the sons of Israel have each inherited his inheritance,

19 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.

for we do not inherit with them across the Jordan and beyond, for our inheritance has come to us beyond the Jordan at the [sun]-rising.”

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

And Moses says to them, “If you do this thing, if you are armed before YHWH for battle,

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

and every armed one of you has passed over the Jordan before YHWH, until His dispossessing His enemies from before Him,

22 and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards ye 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.

and the land has been subdued before YHWH, then afterward you return, and have been acquitted by YHWH and by Israel, and this land has been to you for a possession before YHWH.

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

And if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against YHWH, and know that your sin finds you;

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

build for yourselves cities for your infants and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth you do.”

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

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak to Moses, saying, “Your servants do as my lord is commanding;

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

our infants, our wives, our livestock, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead,

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

and your servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before YHWH, to battle, as my lord is saying.”

28 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.

And Moses commands Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel concerning them;

29 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 ye shall subdue the land before you, then ye shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.

and Moses says to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben pass over the Jordan with you, everyone armed for battle, before YHWH, and the land has been subdued before you, then you have given the land of Gilead to them for a possession;

30 But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall ye 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.

and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.”

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

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, “That which YHWH has spoken to your servants, so we do;

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

we pass over armed before YHWH [to] the land of Canaan, and with us [is] the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.”

33 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.

And Moses gives to them—to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the surrounding land.

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

And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

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

and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

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

and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defense, and sheepfolds.

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

And the sons of Reuben have built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

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

and Nebo, and Ba‘al-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call the names of the cities which they have built by [these] names.

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

And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite who [is] in it;

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

and Moses gives Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwells in it.

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

And Jair son of Manasseh has gone and captures their towns, and calls them “Towns of Jair”;

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

and Nobah has gone and captures Kenath and its villages, and calls it Nobah, by his own name.