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1 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 ours. 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.