Numbers 32

Conquest and Division of Transjordan

32Now the Reubenites and the Gadites owned a very great number of cattle. When they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle,H1121H7205H1121H1410H3966H6099H7227H4735H7200H776H3270H776H1568H4725H4725H47352the Gadites and the Reubenites came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,H1121H1410H1121H7205H935H559H4872H499H3548H5387H5712H5593"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon—H5852H1769H3270H5247H2809H500H7643H5015H11944the land that the LORD subdued before the congregation of Israel—is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle."H776H3068H5221H6440H5712H3478H776H4735H5650H47355They continued, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; do not make us cross the Jordan."H559H4672H2580H5869H776H5414H5650H272H5674H33836But Moses said to the Gadites and to the Reubenites, "Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?H4872H559H1121H1410H1121H7205H251H935H4421H34277Why will you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from going over into the land that the LORD has given them?H5106H5106H3820H1121H3478H5674H776H3068H54148Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.H6213H1H7971H6947H7200H7769When they went up to the Wadi Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from going into the land that the LORD had given them.H5927H5158H812H7200H776H5106H3820H1121H3478H935H776H3068H541410The LORD's anger was kindled on that day and he swore, saying,H3068H639H2734H3117H7650H55911'Surely none of the people who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not unreservedly followed me—H518H582H5927H4714H6242H8141H1121H4605H7200H127H7650H85H3327H3290H4390H31012none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have unreservedly followed the LORD.'H3612H1121H3312H7074H3091H1121H5126H4390H310H306813And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD had disappeared.H3068H639H2734H3478H5128H4057H705H8141H1755H6213H7451H5869H3068H855214And now you, a brood of sinners, have risen in place of your fathers, to increase the LORD's fierce anger against Israel!H6965H1H8635H2400H582H5595H2740H639H3068H347815If you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people."H7725H310H3254H3240H4057H7843H597116Then they came up to him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and towns for our little ones,H5066H559H1129H1448H6629H4735H5892H294517but we will take up arms as a vanguard before the Israelites, until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our little ones will stay in the fortified towns because of the inhabitants of the land.H587H2363H2502H6440H1121H3478H935H4725H2945H3427H4013H5892H6440H3427H77618We will not return to our homes until all the Israelites have obtained their inheritance.H7725H1004H1121H3478H5157H376H515919We will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east."H5157H5676H3383H1973H5159H935H5676H3383H421720So Moses said to them, "If you do this—if you take up arms to go before the LORD for the war,H4872H559H6213H1697H2502H6440H3068H442121and all those of you who bear arms cross the Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before himH5674H2502H5674H3383H6440H3068H3423H341H644022and the land is subdued before the LORD—then after that you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.H776H3533H6440H3068H310H7725H5355H3068H3478H776H272H6440H306823But if you do not do this, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.H6213H2398H3068H3045H2403H467224Build towns for your little ones, and folds for your flocks; but do what you have promised."H1129H5892H2945H1448H6792H6213H3318H631025Then the Gadites and the Reubenites said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.H1121H1410H1121H7205H559H4872H559H5650H6213H113H668026Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall remain there in the towns of Gilead;H2945H802H4735H929H5892H156827but your servants will cross over, everyone armed for war, to do battle for the LORD, just as my lord orders."H5650H5674H2502H6635H6440H3068H4421H113H169628So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the ancestral houses of the Israelite tribes.H4872H6680H499H3548H3091H1121H5126H7218H1H4294H1121H347829And Moses said to them, "If the Gadites and the Reubenites, everyone armed for battle before the LORD, will cross over the Jordan with you and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;H4872H559H1121H1410H1121H7205H5674H3383H2502H4421H6440H3068H776H3533H6440H5414H776H1568H27230but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."H5674H2502H270H8432H776H366731The Gadites and the Reubenites answered, "As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.H1121H1410H1121H7205H6030H559H3068H1696H5650H621332We will cross over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan."H5168H5674H2502H6440H3068H776H3667H272H5159H5676H338333Moses gave to them—to the Gadites and to the Reubenites and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites and the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, the land and its towns, with the territories of the surrounding towns.H4872H5414H1121H1410H1121H7205H2677H7626H4519H1121H3130H4467H5511H4428H567H4467H5747H4428H1316H776H5892H1367H5892H776H543934And the Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,H1121H1410H1129H1769H5852H617735Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,H5855H3270H301136Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.H1039H1028H4013H5892H1448H662937And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,H1121H7205H1129H2809H500H715638Nebo, and Baal-meon (some names being changed), and Sibmah; and they gave names to the towns that they rebuilt.H5015H1186H8034H4142H7643H7121H8034H8034H5892H112939The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were there;H1121H4353H1121H4519H3212H1568H3920H3423H56740so Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled there.H4872H5414H1568H4353H1121H4519H342741Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and renamed them Havvoth-jair.H2971H1121H4519H1980H3920H2333H7121H233442And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and renamed it Nobah after himself.H5025H1980H3920H7079H1323H7121H5025H8034