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:

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was 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,

Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke 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, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, 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 the LORD 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.

They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us 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?

Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while 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?

Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?

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

Your fathers did so when I sent 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.

For when they went up to 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 was very angry in that day, and sware, saying,

The LORD’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, 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:

‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed 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 the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have followed the LORD completely.’

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.

The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation who had done evil in the LORD’s sight was consumed.

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.

“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to increase the fierce anger of the LORD 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.

For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all these people.”

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

They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;

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 ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities 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 will not return to our houses until the children of Israel have all received their 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 will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.”

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

Moses said to them: “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before the LORD to the war,

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 one of your armed men will pass over the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven out 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 is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

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.

“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.

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 cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”

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

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

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

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the 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.

but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.”

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.

So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel.

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.

Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead 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.

but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you 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.

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As the LORD has said to your servants, so will 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 will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us 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.

Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-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, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.

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

The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

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

Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

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

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.

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

The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

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

Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.

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

The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.

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

Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.

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

Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.

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

Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.