Numbers 32:17-42 ▼

17 but we are armed, hastening before the sons of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defense because of the inhabitants of the land;

18 we do not return to our houses until the sons of Israel have each inherited his inheritance,

19 for we do not inherit with them across the Jordan and beyond, for our inheritance has come to us beyond the Jordan at the [sun]-rising.”

20 And Moses says to them, “If you do this thing, if you are armed before YHWH for battle,

21 and every armed one of you has passed over the Jordan before YHWH, until His dispossessing His enemies from before Him,

22 and the land has been subdued before YHWH, then afterward you return, and have been acquitted by YHWH and by Israel, and this land has been to you for a possession before YHWH.

23 And if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against YHWH, and know that your sin finds you;

24 build for yourselves cities for your infants and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth you do.”

25 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak to Moses, saying, “Your servants do as my lord is commanding;

26 our infants, our wives, our livestock, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead,

27 and your servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before YHWH, to battle, as my lord is saying.”

28 And Moses commands Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel concerning them;

29 and Moses says to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben pass over the Jordan with you, everyone armed for battle, before YHWH, and the land has been subdued before you, then you have given the land of Gilead to them for a possession;

30 and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.”

31 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, “That which YHWH has spoken to your servants, so we do;

32 we pass over armed before YHWH [to] the land of Canaan, and with us [is] the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.”

33 And Moses gives to them—to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the surrounding land.

34 And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

36 and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defense, and sheepfolds.

37 And the sons of Reuben have built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

38 and Nebo, and Ba‘al-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call the names of the cities which they have built by [these] names.

39 And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite who [is] in it;

40 and Moses gives Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwells in it.

41 And Jair son of Manasseh has gone and captures their towns, and calls them “Towns of Jair”;

42 and Nobah has gone and captures Kenath and its villages, and calls it Nobah, by his own name.