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 very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Ya'zer, and the land of Gil'ad, that, behold, the place was a 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,

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came, and said unto Moses, and unto Elazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, as followeth,

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

'Ataroth, and Dibon, and Ya'zer, and Nimrah, and Cheshbon, and El'aleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Be'on,

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

The country which the Lord hath smitten before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy 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, If we have found grace in thy eyes, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession: do not compel us to go 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 said unto the children of Gad, and unto the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and will ye 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?

And wherefore will you turn aside the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?

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

Thus 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 they went up as far as the valley of Eshcol, and they saw the land, and then they turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, so that they would not 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 the anger of the Lord was kindled on that day, and he swore, 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,

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

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

Save Caleb the son of Yephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed 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.

And the anger of the Lord was thus kindled against Israel, and he made them wander about in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation was spent, that had done the evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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, behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead, a new race of sinful men, to augment yet more the fierce anger of the Lord toward 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 ye turn away from after him, he will yet longer leave them in the wilderness; and ye will thus be destruction to 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;

And they came near unto him, and said, Sheepfolds will we build for our cattle here, and cities 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 go ready armed before the children of Israel, until that we have brought them unto their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities, because of the inhabitants of the land.

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

We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have acquired for themselves every man his 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.”

For we will not take possession with them on the other side of the Jordan, and farther on: when our inheritance hath come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.

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

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for the war;

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

And every armed man of you will go over the Jordan before the Lord, until he have driven out his enemies from before 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 when, only after the land hath been subdued before the Lord, ye will return, and ye be thus guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel: then shall this land be yours for a possession 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 ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and ye shall experience the punishment of your sin which will 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 yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks; and that which hath proceeded out of your mouth shall ye do.

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 unto Moses, as followeth, Thy servants will do as my Lord commandeth.

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

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities of Gil'ad;

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

But thy servants will pass over, every one that is armed for the army, before the Lord, to the war, as my Lord speaketh.

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;

And Moses commanded concerning them Elazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chiefs of the 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 unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben do pass with you over the Jordan, every one that is armed for the war, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you: then shall ye give to them the land of Gil'ad for a 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 should not pass over armed with you, they shall take possessions among 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;

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, That which the Lord hath spoken concerning thy servants, even 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 indeed pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, while ours remaineth the possession of our inheritance on this side of 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.

And Moses gave unto them, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Menasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sichon, the king of the Emorites, and the kingdom of 'Og, the king of Bashan, the land, with its cities within the boundaries, the cities of the country round about.

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

And the children of Gad built Dibon, and 'Ataroth, and 'Aro'er,

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

And 'Atroth-shophan, and Ya'zer, and Yogbehah.

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

And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for flocks,

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

And the children of Reuben built Cheshbon, and El'aleh, and Kiryathayim,

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 Ba'al-me'on [their names being changed], and Shibmah; and they gave the former names unto the cities which they built.

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 Menasseh went to Gil'ad, and conquered it, and dispossessed the Emorites who were in it.

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

And Moses gave Gil'ad unto Machir the son of Menasseh; and he dwelt therein.

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

And Yair the son of Menasseh went and conquered the small towns thereof, and called them Chavoth-yair.

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

And Nobach went and conquered Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobach, after his own name.