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So Moses said to them , "
If you will do this ,
if you will take up arms to go before the LORD for the war ,
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and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD ,
until he has driven out his enemies from before him
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and the land is subdued before the LORD ;
then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel ;
and this land shall be your possession before the LORD .
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But if you will not do so ,
behold ,
you have sinned against the LORD ;
and be sure your sin will find you out .
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Build cities for your little ones ,
and folds for your sheep ;
and do what you have promised ."
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And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses , "
Your servants will do as my lord commands .
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Our little ones ,
our wives ,
our flocks ,
and all our cattle ,
shall remain there in the cities of Gilead ;
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but your servants will pass over ,
every man who is armed for war ,
before the LORD to battle ,
as my lord orders ."
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So Moses gave command concerning them to Elea '
zar the priest ,
and to Joshua the son of Nun ,
and to the heads of the fathers '
houses of the tribes of the people of Israel .
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And Moses said to them , "
If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben ,
every man who is armed to battle before the LORD ,
will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you ,
then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession ;
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but if they will not pass over with you armed ,
they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan ."
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And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered , "
As the LORD has said to your servants ,
so we will do .
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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 ."
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And Moses gave to them ,
to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manas '
seh the son of Joseph ,
the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan ,
the land and its cities with their territories ,
the cities of the land throughout the country .
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And the sons of Gad built Dibon ,
At '
aroth ,
Aro '
er ,
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At '
roth-sho '
phan ,
Jazer ,
Jog '
behah ,
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Beth-nim '
rah and Beth-har '
an ,
fortified cities ,
and folds for sheep .
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And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon ,
Elea '
leh ,
Kiriatha '
im ,
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Nebo ,
and Ba '
al-me '
on (
their names to be changed ),
and Sibmah ;
and they gave other names to the cities which they built .
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And the sons of Machir the son of Manas '
seh went to Gilead and took it ,
and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it .
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And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manas '
seh ,
and he settled in it .
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And Ja '
ir the son of Manas '
seh went and took their villages ,
and called them Hav '
voth-ja '
ir .
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And Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages ,
and called it Nobah ,
after his own name .