Numbers:32

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* And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had much cattle , a very great multitude ; and they saw the land of Jaazer , and the land of Gilead , and behold , the place was a place for cattle . * And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses , and to Eleazar the priest , and to the princes of the assembly , saying , * Ataroth , and Dibon , and Jaazer , and Nimrah , and Heshbon , and Elaleh , and Sebam , and Nebo , and Beon , * the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel , is a land for cattle , and thy servants have cattle ; * and they said , If we have found favour in thine eyes , let this land be given to thy servants for a possession : bring us not over the Jordan . * And Moses said to the children of Gad , and to the children of Reuben , Shall your brethren go to war , and shall ye abide here ? * And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them ? * Thus did your fathers , when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land : * they went up to the valley of Eshcol , and saw the land , and discouraged the children of Israel , that they should not go into the land that Jehovah had given them . * And Jehovah 's anger was kindled the same time , and he swore , saying , * If the men that came up out of Egypt , from twenty years old and upward , shall see the land that I swore to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob ! for they have not wholly followed me ; * save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite , and Joshua the son of Nun ; for they have wholly followed Jehovah . * And Jehovah 's anger was kindled against Israel , and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years , until the whole generation was consumed that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah . * And behold , ye are risen up in your fathers ' stead , a progeny of sinful men , to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel . * If ye turn away from after him , he will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy all this people . * And they drew near to him , and said , We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle , and cities for our little ones ; * but we ourselves will go with diligence armed before the children of Israel , until we have brought them to their place ; and our little ones shall dwell in the strong cities because of the inhabitants of the land . * We will not return to our houses , until the children of Israel have inherited each one his inheritance . * For we will not inherit with them on yonder side the Jordan , and further , because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side the Jordan eastward . * And Moses said to them , If ye do this thing , if ye arm yourselves before Jehovah for war , * and all of you that are armed go over the Jordan before Jehovah , until he have dispossessed his enemies from before him , * and the land is subdued before Jehovah , and afterwards ye return , ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel , and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah . * But if ye do not do so , behold , ye have sinned against Jehovah , and be sure your sin will find you out . * Build yourselves cities for your little ones , and folds for your flocks , and do that which has gone out of your mouth . * And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses , saying , Thy servants will do as my lord commands . * Our little ones , our wives , our cattle , and all our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead ; * but thy servants will pass over , every one armed for war , before Jehovah to battle , as my lord says . * 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 . * And Moses said unto them , If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben pass with you over the Jordan , every one armed for battle , before Jehovah , and the land be subdued before you , then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession ; * but if they do not pass over with you armed , they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan . * And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered , saying , As Jehovah has said to thy servants , so will we do . * We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan , and the possession of our inheritance on this side the Jordan shall be ours . * And Moses gave to them , to the children of Gad , and to the children of Reuben , and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph , the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites , and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan , the land , according to its cities and territories , the cities of the land round about . * And the children of Gad built Dibon , and Ataroth , and Aroer , * and Atroth-Shophan , and Jaazer , and Jogbebah , * and Beth-Nimrah , and Beth-haran , strong cities , and sheepfolds . * -- And the children of Reuben built Heshbon , and Elaleh , and Kirjathaim , * and Nebo , and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed ), and Sibmah ; and they gave other names to the cities that they built . * -- And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead , and took it , and they dispossessed the Amorites that were therein . * And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein . * And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their hamlets , and called them Havoth-Jair . * And Nobah went and took Kenath , and its dependent villages , and called it Nobah , after his name .

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