Numbers 32

1 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.

And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle:

2 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,

and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

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

Ataroth, and Daebon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Baean,

4 The country which the Lord hath smitten before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.

the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and your servants have cattle.

5 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.

And they said, If we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.

6 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?

And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here?

7 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?

And why do you pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?

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

Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land?

9 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.

And they went up to the valley of the cluster, and spied the land, and turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land, which the Lord gave them.

10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying,

And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying,

11 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:

Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I sware [to give] to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me:

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

save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.

13 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.

And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct.

14 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.

Behold, you are risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.

15 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.

For you will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and you will sin against this whole congregation.

16 And they came near unto him, and said, Sheepfolds will we build for our cattle here, and cities for our little ones;

And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;

17 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.

and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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

We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.

19 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.

And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.

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

And Moses said to them, If you will do according to these words, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,

21 And every armed man of you will go over the Jordan before the Lord, until he have driven out his enemies from before him;

and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,

22 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.

and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards you shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord.

23 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.

But if you will not do so, you will sin against the Lord; and you shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.

24 Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks; and that which hath proceeded out of your mouth shall ye do.

And you shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and you shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.

25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said unto Moses, as followeth, Thy servants will do as my Lord commandeth.

And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as our lord commands.

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

Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad.

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

But your servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as [our] lord says.

28 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;

And Moses appointed to them [for judges] Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of Israel.

29 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;

And Moses said to them, If the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you, every one armed for war before the Lord, and you shall subdue the land before you, then you shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.

30 But if they should not pass over armed with you, they shall take possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall you cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan.

31 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.

And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do.

32 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.

We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and you shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.

33 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.

And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about.

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

And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

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

and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,

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

and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.

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

And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,

38 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.

and Beelmeon, surrounded [with walls], and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.

39 And the children of Machir the son of Menasseh went to Gil'ad, and conquered it, and dispossessed the Emorites who were in it.

And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who lived in it.

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

And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he lived there.

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

And Jair the [son] of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.

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

And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.