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Reuben and Gad Present a Proposal

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,H1121H7205H1121H1410H3966H6099H7227H4735H7200H776H3270H776H1568H4725H4725H4735
2the Gaddites and Reubenites approached Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said,H1121H1410H1121H7205H935H559H4872H499H3548H5387H5712H559
3"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon -H5852H1769H3270H5247H2809H500H7643H5015H1194
4the land that the Lord defeated in the sight of the community of Israel - is perfect for cattle and your servants have cattle.H776H3068H5221H6440H5712H3478H776H4735H5650H4735
5If 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.H559H4672H2580H5869H776H5414H5650H272H5674H3383
6"Will your relatives have to go to war while you remain here?" Moses asked the Gaddites and Reubenites in response.H4872H559H1121H1410H1121H7205H251H935H4421H3427
7"Why would you discourage the Israelites from crossing over to the land that the Lord has given them -H5106H5106H3820H1121H3478H5674H776H3068H5414
8That's what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land.H6213H1H7971H6947H7200H776
9When they arrived in the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.8H5927H5158H812H7200H776H5106H3820H1121H3478H935H776H3068H5414
10"That's why the Lord's anger flared up that day and he promised by an oath thatH3068H639H2734H3117H7650H559
11'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,H518H582H5927H4714H6242H8141H1121H4605H7200H127H7650H85H3327H3290H4390H310
12except Jephunneh's son Caleb, the Kenizzite, and Nun's son Joshua. They've whole heartedly followed the Lord.'H3612H1121H3312H7074H3091H1121H5126H4390H310H3068
13"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.H3068H639H2734H3478H5128H4057H705H8141H1755H6213H7451H5869H3068H8552
14And 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.H6965H1H8635H2400H582H5595H2740H639H3068H3478
15If you stop following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness. You'll end up destroying this entire people."14H7725H310H3254H3240H4057H7843H5971

A Compromise is Offered

16Then they approached him and said, "Here's where we're going to build corrals for our cattle and cities for our families,H5066H559H1129H1448H6629H4735H5892H2945
17but 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,H587H2363H2502H6440H1121H3478H935H4725H2945H3427H4013H5892H6440H3427H776
18but we won't return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of each of their inheritances,H7725H1004H1121H3478H5157H376H5159
19since 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."H5157H5676H3383H1973H5159H935H5676H3383H4217

The Offer is Accepted

20"If you do this," Moses replied to them, "that is, if you equip yourselves for war in the Lord's presenceH4872H559H6213H1697H2502H6440H3068H4421
21and 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 himH5674H2502H5674H3383H6440H3068H3423H341H6440
22and 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.H776H3533H6440H3068H310H7725H5355H3068H3478H776H272H6440H3068
23"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!H6213H2398H3068H3045H2403H4672
24So after you've built cities for your families and corrals for your cattle, be sure to keep your promises."H1129H5892H2945H1448H6792H6213H3318H6310

Moses Assigns the Territory

25Then the Gaddites and Reubenites spoke, "Your servants will do exactly what our master has commanded.H1121H1410H1121H7205H559H4872H559H5650H6213H113H6680
26Our children, wives, flocks, and all our cattle will be settled in the cities of Gilead,H2945H802H4735H929H5892H1568
27but every soldier that we've equipped for battle will cross the Jordan River in the presence of the Lord, as our master has spoken."H5650H5674H2502H6635H6440H3068H4421H113H1696
28So Moses instructed Eleazar the priest and Nun's son Joshua, and the officers of the ancestral tribes of the Israelites,H4872H6680H499H3548H3091H1121H5126H7218H1H4294H1121H3478
29telling 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.H4872H559H1121H1410H1121H7205H5674H3383H2502H4421H6440H3068H776H3533H6440H5414H776H1568H272
30But if the armed men don't cross over with you, then they won't have any possession in the land of Canaan."H5674H2502H270H8432H776H3667
31"We'll do just what the Lord told your servants," the Gaddites and the Reubenites responded.H1121H1410H1121H7205H6030H559H3068H1696H5650H6213
32"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."H5168H5674H2502H6440H3068H776H3667H272H5159H5676H3383
33So 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.H4872H5414H1121H1410H1121H7205H2677H7626H4519H1121H3130H4467H5511H4428H567H4467H5747H4428H1316H776H5892H1367H5892H776H5439

Gad and Reuben Rebuild Their Cities

34The Gaddites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,H1121H1410H1129H1769H5852H6177
35Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,H5855H3270H3011
36Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran as fortified cities with corrals for sheep.H1039H1028H4013H5892H1448H6629
37The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,H1121H7205H1129H2809H500H7156
38Nebo, Baal-Meon, (after having changed their names) and Sibmah. The cities that they rebuilt were renamed.H5015H1186H8034H4142H7643H7121H8034H8034H5892H1129
39The descendants of Manasseh's son Machir attacked Gilead and then captured and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.H1121H4353H1121H4519H3212H1568H3920H3423H567
40That's why Moses gave Gilead to Manasseh's son Machir, who lived there at the time.H4872H5414H1568H4353H1121H4519H3427
41Manasseh's son Jair captured their towns and renamed them Havvoth-Jair.H2971H1121H4519H1980H3920H2333H7121H2334
42Nobah captured Kenath and its towns and renamed it Nobah after himself.H5025H1980H3920H7079H1323H7121H5025H8034


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