Numbers 32

1 And the sons of Ruben and Gad had many flocks of cattle, and their substance in beasts was infinite. And when they saw the lands of Jazer and Galaad fit for feeding cattle,

Now the children of Reuben [See, a son!] and the children of Gad [Good fortune] had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;

2 They came to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and the princes of the multitude, and said:

the children of Gad [Good fortune] and the children of Reuben [See, a son!] came and spoke to Moses [Drawn out], and to Eleazar [Help of God] the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nemra, Hesebon, and Eleale, and Saban, and Nebo, and Beon,

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

4 The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the sight of the children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beasts: and we thy servants have very much cattle:

the land which Adonai struck before the congregation of Israel [God prevails], is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”

5 And we pray thee, if we have found favour in thy sight, that thou give it to us thy servants in possession, and make us not pass over the Jordan.

They said, “If we have found chen ·grace· in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan [Descender].”

6 And Moses answered them: What, shall your brethren go to fight, and will you sit here?

Moses [Drawn out] said to the children of Gad [Good fortune], and to the children of Reuben [See, a son!], “Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?

7 Why do ye overturn the minds of the children of Israel, that they may not dare to pass into the place which the Lord hath given them?

Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel [God prevails] from going over into the land which Adonai has given them?

8 Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent from Cadesbarne to view the land?

Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea [Consecrated Son-inconstant] to see the land.

9 And when they were come as far as the valley of the cluster, having viewed all the country, they overturned the hearts of the children of Israel, that they should not enter into the coasts, 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 [God prevails], that they should not go into the land which Adonai had given them.

10 And he swore in his anger, saying:

Adonai’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying,

11 If these men, that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land, which I promised with an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: because they would not follow me,

‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt [Abode of slavery], from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham [Father of a multitude], to Isaac [Laughter], and to Jacob [Supplanter]; because they have not wholly followed me,

12 Except Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, and Josue the son of Nun: these have fulfilled my will.

except Caleb [Dog] the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua [Yah Salvation] the son of Nun; because they have followed Adonai completely.’

13 And the Lord being angry against Israel, led them about through the desert forty years, until the whole generation, that had done evil in his sight, was consumed.

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

14 And behold, said he, you are risen up instead of your fathers, the increase and offspring of sinful men, to augment the fury of the Lord against Israel.

“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of men who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal·, to increase the fierce anger of Adonai toward Israel [God prevails].

15 For if you will not follow him, he will leave the people in the wilderness, and you shall be the cause of the destruction of all.

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 But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:

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

17 And we ourselves will go armed and ready for battle before the children of Israel, until we bring them in unto their places. Our little ones, and all we have, shall be in walled cities, for fear of the ambushes of the inhabitants.

but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel [God prevails], 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 into our houses until the children of Israel possess their inheritance:

We will not teshuvah ·completely return· to our houses, until the children of Israel [God prevails] have each inherited their inheritance.

19 Neither will we seek any thing beyond the Jordan, because we have already our possession on the east side thereof,

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan [Descender], and forward; because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan [Descender] eastward.”

20 And Moses said to them: If you do what you promise, go on well appointed for war before the Lord:

Moses [Drawn out] said to them, “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Adonai to the war,

21 And let every fighting man pass over the Jordan, until the Lord overthrow his enemies:

and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan [Descender] before Adonai, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

22 And all the land be brought under him, then shall you be blameless before the Lord and before Israel, and you shall obtain the countries that you desire, before the Lord.

and the land is subdued before Adonai; then afterward you shall teshuvah ·completely return·, and be guiltless towards Adonai, and towards Israel [God prevails]; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Adonai.

23 But if you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake you.

“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)· against Adonai; and be sure your habitual sin ·missing the mark· will find you out.

24 Build therefore cities for your children, and folds and stalls for your sheep and beasts, and accomplish what you have promised.

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

25 And the children of Gad and Ruben said to Moses: We are thy servants, we will do what my lord commandeth.

The children of Gad [Good fortune] and the children of Reuben [See, a son!] spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, “Your servants will do as my lord enjoins us.

26 We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, 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 And we thy servants all well appointed will march on to the war, as thou, my lord, speakest.

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

28 Moses therefore commanded Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families of all the tribes of Israel, and said to them:

So Moses [Drawn out] enjoined concerning them to Eleazar [Help of God] the priest, and to Joshua [Yah Salvation] the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel [God prevails].

29 If the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben pass with you over the Jordan, all armed for war before the Lord, and the land be made subject to you: give them Galaad in possession.

Moses [Drawn out] said to them, “If the children of Gad [Good fortune] and the children of Reuben [See, a son!] will pass with you over the Jordan [Descender], every man who is armed to battle, before Adonai, 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 armed with you into the land of Chanaan, let them receive places to dwell in among you.

but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan [Humbled].”

31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben answered: As the Lord hath spoken to his servants, so will we do:

The children of Gad [Good fortune] and the children of Reuben [See, a son!] answered, saying, “As Adonai has said to your servants, so will we do.

32 We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and we confess that we have already received our possession beyond the Jordan.

We will pass over armed before Adonai into the land of Canaan [Humbled], and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan [Descender].”

33 Moses therefore gave to the children of Cad and of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasses the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and their land and the cities thereof round about.

Moses [Drawn out] gave to them, even to the children of Gad [Good fortune], and to the children of Reuben [See, a son!], and to the half-tribe of Manasseh [Causing to forget] the son of Joseph [May he add], the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers], 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 Cad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

The children of Gad [Good fortune] built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

35 And Etroth, and Sophan, and Jazer, and Jegbaa,

Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

36 And Bethnemra, and Betharan, fenced cities, and folds for their cattle.

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

37 But the children of Ruben built Hesebon, and Eleale, and Cariathaim,

The children of Reuben [See, a son!] built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

38 And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their names being changed) and Sabama: giving names to the cities which they had built.

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

39 Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof.

The children of Machir the son of Manasseh [Causing to forget] went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers] who were therein.

40 And Moses gave the land of Galaad to Machir the son of Manasses, and he dwelt in it.

Moses [Drawn out] gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh [Causing to forget]; and he lived therein.

41 And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof, and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair.

Jair the son of Manasseh [Causing to forget] went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.

42 Nobe also went, and took Canath with the villages thereof: and he called it by his own name, Nobe.

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