NU-32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had
a very great
multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and
the land of
Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;
NU-32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and
spake unto
Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the
congregation,
saying,
NU-32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon,
and Elealeh,
and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
NU-32:4 [Even] the country which the LORD smote before the
congregation of
Israel, [is] a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
NU-32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy
sight, let this
land be given unto thy servants for a possession, [and] bring us
not over
Jordan.
NU-32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the
children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
NU-32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children
of Israel from
going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
NU-32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from
Kadeshbarnea to see the
land.
NU-32:9 For when they went up unto 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.
NU-32:10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he
sware,
saying,
NU-32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from
twenty years
old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
NU-32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and
Joshua the son of
Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
NU-32:13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and
he made them
wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,
that had done
evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
NU-32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead,
an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward
Israel.
NU-32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again
leave them in
the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
NU-32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build
sheepfolds here
for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
NU-32:17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the
children of Israel,
until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones
shall dwell
in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
NU-32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children
of Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance.
NU-32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side
Jordan, or forward;
because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan
eastward.
NU-32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if
ye will go
armed before the LORD to war,
NU-32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the
LORD, until he
hath driven out his enemies from before him,
NU-32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then
afterward ye shall
return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and
this land
shall be your possession before the LORD.
NU-32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned
against the LORD:
and be sure your sin will find you out.
NU-32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for
your sheep; and
do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
NU-32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
spake unto Moses,
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
NU-32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our
cattle, shall be
there in the cities of Gilead:
NU-32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for
war, before the
LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
NU-32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel:
NU-32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and
the children of
Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle,
before the
LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall
give them the
land of Gilead for a possession:
NU-32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they
shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
NU-32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
answered, saying,
As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
NU-32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land
of Canaan,
that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan [may
be] ours.
NU-32:33 And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of
Gad, and to the
children of Reuben, and unto half the 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, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the
cities of the
country round about.
NU-32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and
Aroer,
NU-32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
NU-32:36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and
folds for sheep.
NU-32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh,
and
Kirjathaim,
NU-32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,)
and Shibmah:
and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
NU-32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to
Gilead, and
took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.
NU-32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh;
and he dwelt
therein.
NU-32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small
towns thereof,
and called them Havothjair.
NU-32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages
thereof, and called
it Nobah, after his own name.
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