Num 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;
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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 congregation, saying,
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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and
Nebo, and Beon,
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the land which YHWH smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle;
and your servants have cattle.
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And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your
servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.
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And Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren
go to the war, and shall you sit here?
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And wherefore discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from going over into
the land which YHWH has given them?
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Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
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For when they went up to 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 YHWH
had given them.
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And YHWH`s anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,
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Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward,
shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they
have not wholly followed me:
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save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because
they have wholly followed YHWH.
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And YHWH`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 YHWH, was consumed.
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And, behold, you are risen up in your fathers` stead, an increase of sinful men, to
augment yet the fierce anger of YHWH toward Israel.
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For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness;
and you will destroy all this people.
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And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle,
and cities for our little ones:
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but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we
have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified
cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
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We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every
man his inheritance.
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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.
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And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go
before YHWH to the war,
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and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before YHWH, until he has driven
out his enemies from before him,
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and the land is subdued before YHWH; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless
towards YHWH, and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before
YHWH.
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But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against YHWH; and be sure your
sin will find you out.
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Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which
has proceeded out of your mouth.
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And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants
will do as my lord commands.
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Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the
cities of Gilead;
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but your servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before YHWH to
battle, as my lord says.
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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.
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And Moses said to 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 YHWH, 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 children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As YHWH has said
to your servants, so will we do.
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We will pass over armed before YHWH 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, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben,
and to 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.
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And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
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and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
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and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
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And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
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and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other
names to the cities which they built.
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And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed
the Amorites that were therein.
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And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
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And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair.
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And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after
his own name.