32Now, the Reubenites and Gaddites happened to be joint owners of a very large herd of cattle. When they observed that Jazer and Gilead were good grazing lands for cattle,H1121H7205H1121H1410H3966H6099H7227H4735H7200H776H3270H776H1568H4725H4725H47352the Gaddites and Reubenites approached Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said,H1121H1410H1121H7205H935H559H4872H499H3548H5387H5712H5593"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon -H5852H1769H3270H5247H2809H500H7643H5015H11944the land that the Lord defeated in the sight of the community of Israel - is perfect for cattle and your servants have cattle.H776H3068H5221H6440H5712H3478H776H4735H5650H47355If we've found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as our possession instead of us crossing the Jordan River.H559H4672H2580H5869H776H5414H5650H272H5674H33836"Will your relatives have to go to war while you remain here?" Moses asked the Gaddites and Reubenites in response.H4872H559H1121H1410H1121H7205H251H935H4421H34277"Why would you discourage the Israelites from crossing over to the land that the Lord has given them -H5106H5106H3820H1121H3478H5674H776H3068H54148That's what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land.H6213H1H7971H6947H7200H7769When they arrived in the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.8H5927H5158H812H7200H776H5106H3820H1121H3478H935H776H3068H541410"That's why the Lord's anger flared up that day and he promised by an oath thatH3068H639H2734H3117H7650H55911'Not one of the men who went up from Egypt from 20 years old and above will see the land that I promised to give to their ancestors, that is, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because none of them followed me whole heartedly,H518H582H5927H4714H6242H8141H1121H4605H7200H127H7650H85H3327H3290H4390H31012except Jephunneh's son Caleb, the Kenizzite, and Nun's son Joshua. They've whole heartedly followed the Lord.'H3612H1121H3312H7074H3091H1121H5126H4390H310H306813"The Lord's anger had flared up against Israel so that he made them wander in the wilderness for 40 years until that whole generation, who committed evil in the eyes of the Lord, had died.H3068H639H2734H3478H5128H4057H705H8141H1755H6213H7451H5869H3068H855214And now, look! You're acting just like your ancestors, like a brood of sinful men, who are incrementally provoking the fierce anger of the Lord against the Israelites.H6965H1H8635H2400H582H5595H2740H639H3068H347815If you stop following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness. You'll end up destroying this entire people."14H7725H310H3254H3240H4057H7843H597116Then they approached him and said, "Here's where we're going to build corrals for our cattle and cities for our families,H5066H559H1129H1448H6629H4735H5892H294517but we will keep ourselves armed and stay ready to go with the Israelites until we've brought them to their own places. Our families intend to live in fortified cities in the presence of the inhabitants of the land,H587H2363H2502H6440H1121H3478H935H4725H2945H3427H4013H5892H6440H3427H77618but we won't return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of each of their inheritances,H7725H1004H1121H3478H5157H376H515919since our inheritance will not be with them across the Jordan River and beyond. Instead, our inheritance is on this side of the Jordan River, facing eastward."H5157H5676H3383H1973H5159H935H5676H3383H421720"If you do this," Moses replied to them, "that is, if you equip yourselves for war in the Lord's presenceH4872H559H6213H1697H2502H6440H3068H442121and every one of your armed soldiers crosses over the Jordan River in the presence of the Lord until he has dispossessed his enemies ahead of himH5674H2502H5674H3383H6440H3068H3423H341H644022and subjugated the land before him, then afterwards when you return, you'll be able to stand blameless before the Lord and before Israel. This land will then be your possession before the Lord.H776H3533H6440H3068H310H7725H5355H3068H3478H776H272H6440H306823"But if you won't do so, look out! You will be sinning against the Lord. Be certain of this, that your sin will catch up to you!H6213H2398H3068H3045H2403H467224So after you've built cities for your families and corrals for your cattle, be sure to keep your promises."H1129H5892H2945H1448H6792H6213H3318H631025Then the Gaddites and Reubenites spoke, "Your servants will do exactly what our master has commanded.H1121H1410H1121H7205H559H4872H559H5650H6213H113H668026Our children, wives, flocks, and all our cattle will be settled in the cities of Gilead,H2945H802H4735H929H5892H156827but every soldier that we've equipped for battle will cross the Jordan River in the presence of the Lord, as our master has spoken."H5650H5674H2502H6635H6440H3068H4421H113H169628So Moses instructed Eleazar the priest and Nun's son Joshua, and the officers of the ancestral tribes of the Israelites,H4872H6680H499H3548H3091H1121H5126H7218H1H4294H1121H347829telling them, "If the Gaddites and Reubenites cross over the Jordan River with you, that is, all of their soldiers who've been equipped for battle in the Lord's presence, so that the land is subjudated right before your eyes, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as their possession.H4872H559H1121H1410H1121H7205H5674H3383H2502H4421H6440H3068H776H3533H6440H5414H776H1568H27230But if the armed men don't cross over with you, then they won't have any possession in the land of Canaan."H5674H2502H270H8432H776H366731"We'll do just what the Lord told your servants," the Gaddites and the Reubenites responded.H1121H1410H1121H7205H6030H559H3068H1696H5650H621332"We are to cross over in battle array in the Lord's presence into the land of Canaan, and afterwards the possession of our inheritance will be in this side of the Jordan River."H5168H5674H2502H6440H3068H776H3667H272H5159H5676H338333So Moses gave to the Gaddites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh the kingdom of Sihon, the king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the whole land with its cities, and even the territories surrounding it.H4872H5414H1121H1410H1121H7205H2677H7626H4519H1121H3130H4467H5511H4428H567H4467H5747H4428H1316H776H5892H1367H5892H776H543934The Gaddites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,H1121H1410H1129H1769H5852H617735Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,H5855H3270H301136Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran as fortified cities with corrals for sheep.H1039H1028H4013H5892H1448H662937The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,H1121H7205H1129H2809H500H715638Nebo, Baal-Meon, (after having changed their names) and Sibmah. The cities that they rebuilt were renamed.H5015H1186H8034H4142H7643H7121H8034H8034H5892H112939The descendants of Manasseh's son Machir attacked Gilead and then captured and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.H1121H4353H1121H4519H3212H1568H3920H3423H56740That's why Moses gave Gilead to Manasseh's son Machir, who lived there at the time.H4872H5414H1568H4353H1121H4519H342741Manasseh's son Jair captured their towns and renamed them Havvoth-Jair.H2971H1121H4519H1980H3920H2333H7121H233442Nobah captured Kenath and its towns and renamed it Nobah after himself.H5025H1980H3920H7079H1323H7121H5025H8034
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