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1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a
very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the
land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; 2 The
children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to
Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth,
and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and
Nebo, and Beon, 4 Even the country which the LORD smote before
the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have
cattle: 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight,
let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us
not over Jordan. 6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the
children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 7 And
wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into
the land which the LORD hath given them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when
I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up
unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the
children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had
given them. 10 And the LORDS anger was kindled the same time, and
he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt,
from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: 12 Save
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they
have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the LORDS anger was kindled
against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all
the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14 And,
behold, ye are risen up in your fathers stead, an increase of sinful men, to
augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye
turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye
shall destroy all this people.
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But we
ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have
brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced
cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return
unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his
inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side
Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan
eastward. 20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye
will go armed before the LORD to war, 21 And will go all of you armed
over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before
him, 22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye
shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land
shall be your possession before the LORD. 23 But if ye will not do so,
behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;
and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25 And the
children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy
servants will do as my lord commandeth. 26 Our little ones, our wives,
our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 27 But
thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle,
as my lord saith.
28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the
children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle,
before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give
them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass
over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of
Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We
will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the
possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. 33 And
Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of
Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of
Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with
the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round
about. 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And
Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And
the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And
Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other
names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of
Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the
Amorite which was in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir
the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of
Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. 42 And
Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after
his own name.
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