Numbers 32:19-42 ▼

19 And 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.

20 And Moses said to them, If ye will do according to these words, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,

21 and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,

22 and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards ye 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.

23 But if ye will not do so, ye will sin against the Lord; and ye shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.

24 And ye shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and ye shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.

25 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as our lord commands.

26 Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad.

27 But thy servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as our lord says.

28 And 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.

29 And 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 ye shall subdue the land before you, then ye shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.

30 But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall ye 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.

31 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do.

32 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and ye shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.

33 And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, and to the half tribe 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.

34 And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,

36 and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.

37 And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,

38 and Beelmeon, surrounded with walls , and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.

39 And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who dwelt in it.

40 And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he dwelt there.

41 And Jair the son of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.

42 And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.