Numbers 32
1 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:
Now the descendants of Reuben and of Gad had large numbers of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer and Gilead, the land was a wonderful place for livestock.
2 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,
So the descendants of Gad and Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the community. They said,
3 Ataroth, and Daebon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Baean,
“This is a list of places we have surveyed: Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
4 the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and thy servants have cattle.
These are the lands that Yahweh attacked before the community of Israel, and they are good places for livestock. We, your servants, have a lot of livestock.”
5 And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.
They said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to us, your servants, as a possession. Do not make us cross over the Jordan.”
6 And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Moses replied to the descendants of Gad and Reuben, “Should your brothers go to war while you settle down here?
7 And why do ye pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?
Why discourage the hearts of the people of Israel from going over into the land that Yahweh has given them?
8 Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land?
Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to examine the land.
9 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.
They went up to the Valley of Eshkol. They saw the land and then discouraged the hearts of the people of Israel so that they refused to enter the land that Yahweh had given them.
10 And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying,
Yahweh's anger was kindled on that day. He took an oath and said,
11 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:
'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and up, will see the land about which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not completely followed me, except for
12 save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.
Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun. Only Caleb and Joshua have completely followed me.'
13 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.
So Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel. He made them wander around in the wilderness for forty years until all the generation who had done evil in his sight was destroyed.
14 Behold, ye 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.
Look, you have risen up in your fathers' place, like just more sinful men, to add to Yahweh's burning anger toward Israel.
15 For ye will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and ye will sin against this whole congregation.
If you turn away from following him, he will again leave Israel in the wilderness and you will have destroyed all this people.”
16 And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;
So they came near Moses and said, “Allow us to build fences here for our cattle and cities for our families.
17 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.
However, we ourselves will be ready and armed to go with Israel's army until we have led them into their place. But our families will live in the fortified cities because of the other people who still live in this land.
18 We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.
We will not return to our houses until every one of the people of Israel has obtained his inheritance.
19 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.
We will not inherit the land with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance is here on the east side of the Jordan.”
20 And Moses said to them, If ye will do according to these words, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,
So Moses replied to them, “If you do what you say, if you arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to war,
21 and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,
then every one of your armed men must cross over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him
22 and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards ye 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.
and the land is subdued before him. Then afterward you may return. You will be guiltless toward Yahweh and toward Israel. This land will be your possession before Yahweh.
23 But if ye will not do so, ye will sin against the Lord; and ye shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.
But if you do not do so, look, you will have sinned against Yahweh. Be sure that your sin will find you out.
24 And ye shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and ye shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.
Build cities for your families and pens for your sheep; then do what you have said.”
25 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as our lord commands.
The descendants of Gad and Reuben spoke to Moses and said, “Your servants will do as you, our master, commands.
26 Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad.
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will stay there in the cities of Gilead.
27 But thy servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as [our] lord says.
However, we, your servants, will cross over before Yahweh to battle, every man who is armed for war, as you, our master, say.”
28 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.
So Moses gave instructions concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the leaders of the ancestor's clans in the tribes of the people of Israel.
29 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 ye shall subdue the land before you, then ye shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.
Moses said to them, “If the descendants of Gad and Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man who is armed to battle before Yahweh, and if the land is subdued before you, then you will give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
30 But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall ye 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.
But if they do not cross over with you armed, then they will acquire their possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
31 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do.
So the descendants of Gad and Reuben answered and said, “As Yahweh has said to us, your servants, this is what we will do.
32 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and ye shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.
We will cross over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, but our possessed inheritance will remain with us on this side of the Jordan.”
33 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.
So to the descendants of Gad and Reuben, and also to the half tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, Moses gave the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan. He gave to them the land, and distributed to them all its cities with their borders, the cities of the land around them.
34 And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
The descendants of Gad rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35 and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,
Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36 and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.
Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities with pens for sheep.
37 And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,
The descendants of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38 and Beelmeon, surrounded [with walls], and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.
Nebo, Baal Meon—their names were later changed, and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities that they rebuilt.
39 And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who dwelt in it.
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it away from the Amorites who were in it.
40 And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he dwelt there.
Then Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and his people settled there.
41 And Jair the [son] of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.
Jair son of Manasseh went and captured its towns and called them Havvoth Jair.
42 And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.
Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
