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1 Now, the descendants of Reuben and descendants of Gad happened to be joint owners of a very large herd of cattle. When they observed that Jazer and Gilead were good grazing lands for cattle, Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock. The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.
2 the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben approached Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said, So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation, So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,
3 |Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon— “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon—
4 the land that the LORD defeated in the sight of the community of Israel—is perfect for cattle and your servants have cattle. the land that the LORD struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” the land the LORD subdued before the people of Israel—are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
5 If we've found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as our possession instead of us crossing the Jordan River.| And they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan.” If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
6 |Will your relatives have to go to war while you remain here?| Moses asked the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben in response. But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here? Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here?
7 |Why would you discourage the Israelis from crossing over to the land that the LORD has given them? Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the LORD has given them? Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the LORD has given them?
8 That's what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land. Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
9 When they arrived in the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelis from entering the land that the LORD had given them. For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the LORD had given them. After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the LORD had given them.
10 That's why the LORD's anger flared up that day and he promised by an oath that And the LORD’s anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying, The LORD’s anger was aroused that day and he swore this oath:
11 Not one of the men who went up from Egypt, from 20 years old and above, will see the land that I promised to give to their ancestors, that is, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because none of them followed me wholeheartedly, ‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me, Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more when they came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—
12 except Jephunneh's son Caleb, the Kenizzite, and Nun's son Joshua. They've wholeheartedly followed the LORD.' none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.’ not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the LORD wholeheartedly.’
13 |The LORD's anger had flared up against Israel so that he made them wander in the wilderness for 40 years until that whole generation, who committed evil in the eyes of the LORD, had died. 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 gone. The LORD’s anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.
14 And now, look! You're acting just like your ancestors, like a brood of sinful men, who are provoking the fierce anger of the LORD against the Israelis one step at a time. And behold, you have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the LORD against Israel! “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the LORD even more angry with Israel.
15 If you stop following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness. You'll end up destroying this entire people.| For if you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.” If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
16 Then they approached him and said, |Here's where we're going to build corrals for our cattle and cities for our families, Then they came near to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.
17 but we will keep ourselves armed and stay ready to go with the Israelis until we've brought them to their own places. Our families intend to live in fortified cities in the presence of the inhabitants of the land, but we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. But we will arm ourselves for battle and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
18 but we won't return to our homes until every Israeli has taken possession of each of their inheritances, We will not return to our homes until each of the people of Israel has gained his inheritance. We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has received their inheritance.
19 since our inheritance will not be with them across the Jordan River and beyond. Instead, our inheritance is on this side of the Jordan River, facing eastward.| For 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 to the east.” We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
20 |If you do this,| Moses replied to them, |that is, if you equip yourselves for war in the LORD's presence So Moses said to them, “If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the LORD for the war, Then Moses said to them, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle
21 and every one of your armed soldiers crosses over the Jordan River in the presence of the LORD until he has dispossessed his enemies ahead of him and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him and if all of you who are armed cross over the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his enemies out before him—
22 and subjugated the land before him, then afterwards when you return, you'll be able to stand blameless before the LORD and before Israel. This land will then be your possession before the LORD. 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. then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free from your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the LORD.
23 |But if you won't do so, look out! You will be sinning against the LORD. Be certain of this, that your sin will catch up to you! But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out. “But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.
24 So after you've built cities for your families and corrals for your cattle, be sure to keep your promises.| Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
25 Then the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben spoke up. |Your servants will do exactly what our master has commanded.| They said. And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands.
26 |Our children, wives, flocks, and all our cattle will be settled in the cities of Gilead, Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
27 but every soldier that we've equipped for battle will cross the Jordan River in the presence of the LORD, as our master has spoken.| but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord orders.” But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
28 So Moses instructed Eleazar the priest and Nun's son Joshua, and the officers of the ancestral tribes of the Israelis, So Moses gave command 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 people of Israel. Then Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.
29 telling them, |If the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben cross over the Jordan River with you, that is, all of their soldiers who've been equipped for battle in the LORD's presence, so that the land is subjugated right before your eyes, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as their possession. And Moses said to them, “If the people of Gad and the people 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. He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the LORD, then when the land is subdued before you, you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.
30 But if the armed men don't cross over with you, then they won't have any possession in the land of Canaan.| However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.”
31 |We'll do just what the LORD told your servants,| the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben responded. And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, “What the LORD has said to your servants, we will do. The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the LORD has said.
32 |We are to cross over in battle array in the LORD's presence into the land of Canaan, and afterwards the possession of our inheritance will be on this side of the Jordan River.| 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.” We will cross over before the LORD into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.”
33 So Moses gave to the descendants of Gad, to the descendants of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh the kingdom of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the whole land with its cities, and even the territories surrounding it. And Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people 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 and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country. Then Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.
34 The descendants of Gad rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35 Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36 Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities with corrals for sheep. Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.
37 The descendants of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, And the people of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim,
38 Nebo, Baal-meon (after having changed their names), and Sibmah. The cities that they rebuilt were renamed. Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built. as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
39 The descendants of Manasseh's son Machir attacked Gilead and then captured and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.
40 That's why Moses gave Gilead to Manasseh's son Machir, who lived there at the time. And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it. So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.
41 Manasseh's son Jair captured their towns and renamed them Havvoth-jair. And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair. Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.
42 Nobah captured Kenath and its towns and renamed it Nobah after himself. And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name. And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.
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