Now the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} had a very{H3966} great{H6099} multitude{H7227} of cattle:{H4735} and when they saw{H7200} the land{H776} of Jazer,{H3270} and the land{H776} of Gilead,{H1568} that, behold, the place{H4725} was a place{H4725} for cattle;{H4735}

the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} came{H935} and spake{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} and to Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and unto the princes{H5387} of the congregation,{H5712} saying,{H559}

Ataroth,{H5852} and Dibon,{H1769} and Jazer,{H3270} and Nimrah,{H5247} and Heshbon,{H2809} and Elealeh,{H500} and Sebam,{H7643} and Nebo,{H5015} and Beon,{H1194}

the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} smote{H5221} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} of Israel,{H3478} is a land{H776} for cattle;{H4735} and thy servants{H5650} have cattle.{H4735}

And they said,{H559} If we have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} let this land{H776} be given{H5414} unto thy servants{H5650} for a possession;{H272} bring us not over{H5674} the Jordan.{H3383}

And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} and to the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} Shall your brethren{H251} go{H935} to the war,{H4421} and shall ye sit{H3427} here?

And wherefore discourage ye{H5106} the heart{H3820} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} from going over{H5674} into the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} hath given{H5414} them?

Thus did{H6213} your fathers,{H1} when I sent{H7971} them from Kadesh-barnea{H6947} to see{H7200} the land.{H776}

For when they went up{H5927} unto the valley{H5158} of Eshcol,{H812} and saw{H7200} the land,{H776} they discouraged{H5106} the heart{H3820} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that they should not go{H935} into the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} had given{H5414} them.

And Jehovah's{H3068} anger{H639} was kindled{H2734} in that day,{H3117} and he sware,{H7650} saying,{H559}

Surely{H518} none of the men{H582} that came up{H5927} out of Egypt,{H4714} from twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward,{H4605} shall see{H7200} the land{H127} which I sware{H7650} unto Abraham,{H85} unto Isaac,{H3327} and unto Jacob;{H3290} because they have not wholly{H4390} followed{H310} me:

save Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh{H3312} the Kenizzite,{H7074} and Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun;{H5126} because they have wholly{H4390} followed{H310} Jehovah.{H3068}

And Jehovah's{H3068} anger{H639} was kindled{H2734} against Israel,{H3478} and he made them wander{H5128} to and fro in the wilderness{H4057} forty{H705} years,{H8141} until all the generation,{H1755} that had done{H6213} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} was consumed.{H8552}

And, behold, ye are risen up{H6965} in your fathers'{H1} stead, an increase{H8635} of sinful{H2400} men,{H582} to augment{H5595} yet the fierce{H2740} anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} toward Israel.{H3478}

For if ye turn away{H7725} from after{H310} him, he will yet again{H3254} leave{H3240} them in the wilderness;{H4057} and ye will destroy{H7843} all this people.{H5971}

And they came near{H5066} unto him, and said,{H559} We will build{H1129} sheepfolds{H1448} here for our cattle,{H4735} and cities{H5892} for our little ones:{H2945}

but we ourselves{H587} will be ready{H2363} armed{H2502} to go before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} until we have brought{H935} them unto their place:{H4725} and our little ones{H2945} shall dwell{H3427} in the fortified{H4013} cities{H5892} because{H6440} of the inhabitants{H3427} of the land.{H776}

We will not return{H7725} unto our houses,{H1004} until the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} have inherited{H5157} every man{H376} his inheritance.{H5159}

For we will not inherit{H5157} with them on the other side{H5676} of the Jordan,{H3383} and forward;{H1973} because our inheritance{H5159} is fallen{H935} to us on this side{H5676} of the Jordan{H3383} eastward.{H4217}

And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto them, If ye will do{H6213} this thing,{H1697} if ye will arm{H2502} yourselves to go before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} to the war,{H4421}

and every armed{H2502} man of you will pass{H5674} over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} until he hath driven out{H3423} his enemies{H341} from before{H6440} him,

and the land{H776} is subdued{H3533} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} then afterward{H310} ye shall return,{H7725} and be guiltless{H5355} towards Jehovah,{H3068} and towards Israel;{H3478} and this land{H776} shall be unto you for a possession{H272} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}

But if ye will not do so,{H6213} behold, ye have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah;{H3068} and be sure{H3045} your sin{H2403} will find you out.{H4672}

Build{H1129} you cities{H5892} for your little ones,{H2945} and folds{H1448} for your sheep;{H6792} and do{H6213} that which hath proceeded{H3318} out of your mouth.{H6310}

And the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} spake{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559} Thy servants{H5650} will do{H6213} as my lord{H113} commandeth.{H6680}

Our little ones,{H2945} our wives,{H802} our flocks,{H4735} and all our cattle,{H929} shall be there in the cities{H5892} of Gilead;{H1568}

but thy servants{H5650} will pass over,{H5674} every man that is armed{H2502} for war,{H6635} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} to battle,{H4421} as my lord{H3068} saith.{H1696}

So Moses{H4872} gave charge{H6680} concerning them to Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and to Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun,{H5126} and to the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of the tribes{H4294} of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto them, If the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} will pass with you over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} every man that is armed{H2502} to battle,{H4421} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and the land{H776} shall be subdued{H3533} before{H6440} you; then ye shall give{H5414} them the land{H776} of Gilead{H1568} for a possession:{H272}

but if they will not pass over{H5674} with you armed,{H2502} they shall have possessions{H270} among{H8432} you in the land{H776} of Canaan.{H3667}

And the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} answered,{H6030} saying,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H1696} unto thy servants,{H5650} so will we do.{H6213}

We will{H5168} pass over{H5674} armed{H2502} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} into the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and the possession{H272} of our inheritance{H5159} [shall remain] with us beyond{H5676} the Jordan.{H3383}

And Moses{H4872} gave{H5414} unto them, even to the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} and to the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} and unto the half -{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} the son{H1121} of Joseph,{H3130} the kingdom{H4467} of Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} and the kingdom{H4467} of Og{H5747} king{H4428} of Bashan,{H1316} the land,{H776} according to the cities{H5892} thereof with [their] borders,{H1367} even the cities{H5892} of the land{H776} round about.{H5439}

And the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} built{H1129} Dibon,{H1769} and Ataroth,{H5852} and Aroer,{H6177}

and Atrothshophan,{H5855} and Jazer,{H3270} and Jogbehah,{H3011}

and Beth-nimrah,{H1039} and Beth-haran:{H1028} fortified{H4013} cities,{H5892} and folds{H1448} for sheep.{H6629}

And the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} built{H1129} Heshbon,{H2809} and Elealeh,{H500} and Kiriathaim,{H7156}

and Nebo,{H5015} and Baal-meon,{H1186} (their names{H8034} being changed,){H4142} and Sibmah:{H7643} and they gave{H7121} other names{H8034} unto the cities{H5892} which they builded.{H1129}

And the children{H1121} of Machir{H4353} the son{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} went{H3212} to Gilead,{H1568} and took{H3920} it, and dispossessed{H3423} the Amorites{H567} that were therein.

And Moses{H4872} gave{H5414} Gilead{H1568} unto Machir{H4353} the son{H1121} of Manasseh;{H4519} and he dwelt{H3427} therein.

And Jair{H2971} the son{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} went{H1980} and took{H3920} the towns{H2333} thereof, and called{H7121} them Havvoth-jair.{H2334}

And Nobah{H5025} went{H1980} and took{H3920} Kenath,{H7079} and the villages{H1323} thereof, and called{H7121} it Nobah,{H5025} after his own name.{H8034}