Numbers 32:29-42 ▼

29 And Moses (drawn out) said to them, “If the Gadites (troop) and Reubenites (behold a son) cross the Jordan (flowing down) with you⁺, with every man armed for battle before the LORD {YHWH}, and the land is subdued before you⁺, then you⁺ are to give them the land of Gilead (rocky region) as a possession.

30 But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you⁺, then they must accept their possession among you⁺ in the land of Canaan (lowland).”

31 The Gadites (troop) and Reubenites (behold a son) replied, “As the LORD {YHWH} has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

32 We will cross over into the land of Canaan (lowland) armed before the LORD {YHWH}, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan (flowing down).”

33 So Moses (drawn out) gave to the Gadites (troop), to the Reubenites (behold a son), and to the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) son of Joseph (YHWH has added) the kingdom of Sihon (warrior) king of the Amorites (sayers) and the kingdom of Og (long-necked) king of Bashan (fruitful)—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

34 And the Gadites (troop) built up Dibon (wasting), Ataroth (crowns), Aroer (ruins),

35 Atroth-shophan (crowns of Shophan), Jazer (helped), Jogbehah (lofty),

36 Beth-nimrah (house of the leopard), and Beth-haran (house of their mount) as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

37 The Reubenites (behold a son) built up Heshbon (stronghold), Elealeh (God is ascending), Kiriathaim (two cities),

38 as well as Nebo (prophet) and Baal-meon (lord of the habitation) (whose names were changed), and Sibmah (fragrance). And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

39 The descendants of Machir (sold) son of Manasseh (causing to forget) went to Gilead (rocky region), captured it, and drove out the Amorites (sayers) who were there.

40 So Moses (drawn out) gave Gilead (rocky region) to the clan of Machir (sold) son of Manasseh (causing to forget), and they settled there.

41 Jair (he enlightens), a descendant of Manasseh (causing to forget), went and captured their villages and called them (villages of Jair) Havvoth-jair.

42 And Nobah (barking) went and captured Kenath (possession) and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.