Numbers 32

1 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;

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;

2 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,

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,

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

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

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

The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.

5 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.”

And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.

6 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?

And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?

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

Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?

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

So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

9 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;

For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.

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

And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,

11 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,

Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;

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

But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.

13 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.

Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.

14 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;

And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.

15 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.”

For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.

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

Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;

17 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;

But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.

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

We will not come back to our houses till every one of the children of Israel has come into his heritage.

19 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.”

For we will not have our heritage with them on the other side of Jordan and forward; because our heritage has come to us on this side of Jordan to the east.

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

Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,

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

Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

22 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.

And the land is under the rule of the Lord: then after that you may come back, having done no wrong to the Lord and to Israel; and this land will be yours for your heritage before the Lord.

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

But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.

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

So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said.

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

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.

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

Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;

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

But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.

28 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;

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.

29 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;

And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:

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

But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.

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

Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

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

We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.

33 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.

So Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, all the land with its towns and the country round them.

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

And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;

35 and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

And Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah;

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

And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.

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

And the children of Reuben were the builders of Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim;

38 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.

And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed, ) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made.

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

And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.

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

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.

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

And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.

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

And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself.