Numbers:32

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* 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 , * the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses , and to Eleazar the priest , and unto the princes of the congregation , saying : * 'Ataroth , and Dibon , and Jazer , and Nimrah , and Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Sebam , and Nebo , and Beon , * the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel , is a land for cattle , and thy servants have cattle .' * And they said : 'If we have found favour in thy sight , let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession ; bring us not over the Jordan .' * And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben : 'Shall your brethren go to the war , and shall ye sit here ? * And wherefore will ye turn away the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them ? * Thus did your fathers , when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land . * For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol , and saw the land , they turned away the heart of the children of Israel , that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them . * And the LORD 'S anger was kindled in that day , and He swore , saying : * Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt , from twenty years old and upward , shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham , unto Isaac , and unto Jacob ; because they have not wholly followed Me ; * save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite , and Joshua the son of Nun ; because they have wholly followed the LORD . * And the LORD 'S anger was kindled against Israel , and He made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years , until all the generation , that had done evil in the sight of the LORD , was consumed . * And , behold , ye are risen up in your fathers ' stead , a brood of sinful men , to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel . * For if ye turn away from after Him , He will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and so ye will destroy all this people .' * And they came near unto him , and said : 'We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle , and cities for our little ones ; * but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel , until we have brought them unto their place ; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land . * We will not return unto our houses , until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance . * For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan , and forward , because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward .' * And Moses said unto them : 'If ye will do this thing : if ye will arm yourselves to go before the LORD to the war , * and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD , until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him , * and the land be subdued before the LORD , and ye return afterward ; then ye shall be clear before the LORD , and before Israel , and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the LORD . * But if ye will not do so , behold , ye have sinned against the LORD ; and know ye your sin which will find you . * Build you cities for your little ones , and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth .' * And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses , saying : 'Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth . * Our little ones , our wives , our flocks , and all our cattle , shall be there in the cities of Gilead ; * but thy servants will pass over , every man that is armed for war , before the LORD to battle , as my lord saith .' * So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest , and to Joshua the son of Nun , and to the heads of the fathers ' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel . * And Moses said unto them : 'If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan , every man that is 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 ; * but if they will 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 the LORD hath said unto thy servants , so will we do . * We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan , and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan .' * And Moses gave unto them , even to the children of Gad , and to the children of Reuben , and unto the half-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 , according to the cities thereof with their borders , even the cities of the land round about . * And the children of Gad built Dibon , and Ataroth , and Aroer ; * and Atroth-shophan , and Jazer , and Jogbehah ; * and Beth-nimrah , and Beth-haran ; fortified cities , and folds for sheep . * And the children of Reuben built Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Kiriathaim ; * and Nebo , and Baal-meon--their names being changed--and Sibmah ; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded . * And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead , and took it , and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein . * And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein . * And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the villages thereof , and called them Havvoth-jair . * And Nobah went and took Kenath , and the villages thereof , and called it Nobah , after his own name .

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