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1And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle:
1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
2and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
2Then 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,
3Ataroth, and Daebon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Baean,
3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and your servants have cattle.
4the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
5And they said, If we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.
5They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
6And Moses said to the sons of Gadand the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you⌃ sit here?
6Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
7And why do you⌃ pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?
7Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?
8Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land?
8Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
9And they went up to the valley of the cluster, and spied the land, and turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land, which the Lord gave them.
9For 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 Yahweh had given them.
10And the Lord was very angry in that day, and swore, saying,
10Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying,
11Surely these men who came up out of Egyptfrom twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I swore [to give] to Abraam and Isaacand Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me:
11‘Surely none of the men who 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,
12save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.
12except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have followed Yahweh completely.’
13And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness , until all the generation which did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct.
13Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation who had done evil in Yahweh’s sight was consumed.
14Behold, you⌃ are risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.
14“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to increase the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
15For you⌃ will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and you⌃ will sin against this whole congregation.
15For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all these people.”
16And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;
16They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;
17and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
17but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.
18We will not return to our houses until the children of Israel have all received their inheritance.
19And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.
19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.”
20And Moses said to them, If you⌃ will do according to these words, if you⌃ will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,
20Moses said to them: “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
21and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,
21and every one of your armed men will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
22and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards you⌃ shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord.
22and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to Yahweh and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before Yahweh.
23But if you⌃ will not do so, you⌃ will sin against the Lord; and you⌃ shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you .
23“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.
24And you⌃ shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and you⌃ shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.
24Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
25And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as our lord commands.
25The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad.
26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
27But your servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as [our] lord says.
27but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.”
28And Moses appointed to them [for judges] Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of Israel.
28So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29And Moses said to them, If the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you , every one armed for war before the Lord, and you⌃ shall subdue the land before you, then you⌃ shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.
29Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle before Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
30But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall you⌃ cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan.
30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
31And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do.
31The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
32We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and you⌃ shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.
32We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”
33And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gadand the sons of Ruben, and to the halftribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about.
33Moses 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 its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
34And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
34The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,
35Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.
36Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
37And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,
37The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38and Beelmeon, surrounded [with walls], and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.
38Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
39And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who lived in it.
39The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
40And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he lived there.
40Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.
41And Jair the [son] of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.
41Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
42And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.
42Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.