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;

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,

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,

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

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

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nemra, Hesebon, and Eleale, and Saban, 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 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:

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 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.

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

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

Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent from Cadesbarne to view 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;

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.

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

And he swore in his anger, 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,

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,

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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;

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.

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

We will not return into our houses until the children of Israel possess their inheritance:

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake you.

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

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

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 Ruben said to Moses: We are thy servants, we will do what my lord commandeth.

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

We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities of Galaad:

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

And we thy servants all well appointed will march on to the war, as thou, my lord, speakest.

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;

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:

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;

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.

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 will not pass armed with you into the land of Chanaan, let them receive places to dwell in among you.

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

And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben answered: As the Lord hath spoken to his 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 armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and we confess that we have already received our possession beyond the 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.

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.

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

And the sons of Cad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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