32 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; 2 The children of Gad and the children
of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto
the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah,
and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 Even the country which the LORD smote
before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants
have cattle: 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found
grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession,
and bring us not over Jordan. 6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad
and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall
ye sit here? 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart
of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath
given them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them
from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto 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 the LORD had given
them. 10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the
same time, and he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up
out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which
I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not
wholly followed me: 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against
Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all
the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your
fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger
of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after him,
he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all
this people. 16 And they came near unto him, and said,
We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little
ones: 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed
before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place:
and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants
of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses,
until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on
yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us
on this side Jordan eastward. 20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will
do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan
before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
22 And the
land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be
guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your
possession before the LORD. 23 But
if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be
sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build
you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that
which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25 And
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying,
Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 26 Our
little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there
in the cities of Gilead: 27 But
thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord
to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So
concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son
of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29 And
Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
will pass with you over Jordan, every man 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: 30 But
if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions
among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the
LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We
will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the
possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be our's. 33 And
Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Reuben, and unto half the 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, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the
country round about. 34 And
the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And
Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And
Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And
the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And
Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave
other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And
the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it,
and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 40 And
Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And
Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called
them Havothjair. 42 And
Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah,
after his own name.