Numbers 32

1 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,

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

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 Jazer, and Nemra, Hesebon, and Eleale, and Saban, and Nebo, and Beon,

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

4 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:

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

5 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.

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

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 Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent from Cadesbarne to view the land?

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

9 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.

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 he swore in his anger, saying:

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

11 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,

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

17 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.

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 into our houses until the children of Israel possess their inheritance:

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall 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 therefore cities for your children, and folds and stalls for your sheep and beasts, and accomplish what you have promised.

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 Ruben said to Moses: We are thy servants, we will do what 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 We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities of Galaad:

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

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

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

28 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:

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41 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.

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

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

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