Numbers 32
Verses 1-5
32 And much cattle hath been to
the sons of Reuben
and to the sons of Gad,
very many;
and they see the land
of Jazer,
and the land of Gilead,
and lo, the place [is] a place [for] cattle;
and the sons of Gad,
and the sons of Reuben,
come in and speak
unto Moses,
and unto Eleazar
the priest,
and unto the princes
of the company,
saying:
`Ataroth,
and Dibon,
and Jazer,
and Nimrah,
and Heshbon,
and Elealeh,
and Shebam,
and Nebo,
and Beon --
the land which Jehovah hath smitten
before the company
of Israel,
is a land
for cattle,
and thy servants have cattle.'
And they say,
`If we have found grace
in thine eyes,
let this land be given
to thy servants
for a possession;
cause us not to pass over the Jordan.'
Verses 6-15
And Moses saith
to the sons of Gad
and to the sons of Reuben,
`Do your brethren go in to the battle,
and ye -- do ye sit here?
and why discourage ye the heart
of the sons of Israel
from passing over unto the land
which Jehovah hath given to them?
Thus did your fathers
in my sending them
from Kadesh-Barnea
to see the land;
and they go up
unto the valley of Eshcol,
and see the land,
and discourage the heart
of the sons of Israel
so as not to go in
unto the land
which Jehovah hath given to them;
and the anger of Jehovah
burneth in that day,
and He sweareth, saying,
They do not see --
the men who are coming up out of Egypt
from a son of twenty years and upward --
the ground which I have sworn
to Abraham,
to Isaac,
and to Jacob,
for they have not been fully after Me;
save
son of Jephunneh
the Kenezite,
and Joshua
son of Nun,
for they have been fully after Jehovah;
and the anger of Jehovah
burneth against Israel,
and He causeth
them to wander
in the wilderness
forty years,
until the consumption
of all the generation
which is doing the evil thing
in the eyes of Jehovah.
`And lo, ye have risen
in the stead of your fathers,
an increase of men --
sinners, //a brood of sinful men//
to add yet to the fury
of the anger
of Jehovah
toward Israel;
when ye turn back
from after Him,
then He hath added yet
to leave him
in the wilderness,
and ye have done corruptly
to all this people.'
Verses 16-19
And they //sons of Gad and Sons of Reuben//
come nigh unto him //Moses//,
and say,
`Folds for the flock
we build for our cattle here,
and cities for our infants;
and we -- we are armed hasting
before the sons of Israel
till that we have brought them
in unto their place;
and our infants
have dwelt
in the cities
of defence
because of the inhabitants
of the land;
we do not turn back
unto our houses
till the sons of Israel
have inherited each his inheritance,
for we do not inherit
with them
beyond the Jordan and yonder,
for our inheritance hath come
unto us beyond the Jordan
at the [sun]-rising.'
A lot of We/I statements - did they ask Yah? They decided what their inheritance was?
Verses 20-24
And Moses saith
unto them //sons of Gad and sons of Reuben//,
`If ye do this thing:
if ye are armed
before Jehovah
for battle,
and every armed one of you
hath passed over the Jordan
before Jehovah,
till his dispossessing His enemies
from before Him,
and the land hath been subdued
before Jehovah
-- then afterwards ye do turn back,
and have been acquitted
by Jehovah,
and by Israel;
and this land hath been
to you for a possession
before Jehovah.
`And if ye do not so,
lo, ye have sinned
against Jehovah,
and know ye your sin,
that it doth find you;
build for yourselves
cities for your infants,
and folds for your flock,
and that which is going out from your mouth do ye.'
Verses 25-27
And the sons of Gad
and the sons of Reuben speak
unto Moses, saying,
`Thy servants do as my lord is commanding;
our infants,
our wives,
our cattle,
and all our beasts,
are there in cities of Gilead,
and thy servants pass over,
every armed one of the host,
before Jehovah,
to battle,
as my lord is saying.'
And Moses commandeth
concerning them //sons of Gad and sons of Reuben//
Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua
son of Nun,
and the heads of the fathers
of the tribes
of the sons of Israel;
Verses 28-30
and Moses saith
unto them //Eleazar, Joshua, heads of the fathers//,
`If the sons of Gad
and the sons of Reuben
pass over with you the Jordan,
every one armed for battle,
before Jehovah,
and the land hath been subdued before you,
then ye have given to them
the land of Gilead
for a possession;
and if they do not pass over armed with you,
then they have possessions
in your midst
in the land of Canaan.'
Verses 31-32
Ad the sons of Gad
and the sons of Reuben a
nswer, saying,
`That which Jehovah hath spoken
unto thy servants --
so we do;
we -- we pass over armed
before Jehovah [
to] the land of Canaan,
and with us [is] the possession of our inheritance
beyond the Jordan.'
Verses 33
And Moses giveth
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 land round about.
Verses 34-42
And the sons of Gad
build
Dihon,
and Ataroth,
and Aroer,
and Atroth,
Shophan,
and Jaazer,
and Jogbehah,
and Beth-Nimrah,
and Beth-Haran,
cities of defence,
and sheepfolds.
And the sons of Reuben
have build
Heshbon,
and Elealeh,
and Kirjathaim,
and Nebo,
and Baal-Meon (changed in name),
and Shibmah,
and they call by [these] names
the names of the cities
which they have built.
And sons of Machir
son of Manasseh
go to Gilead,
and capture it,
and dispossess the Amorite,
who [is] in it;
and Moses giveth Gilead
to Machir
son of Manasseh,
and he dwelleth in it.
And Jair
son of Manasseh
hath gone and captureth
their towns,
and calleth them `Towns of Jair;'
and Nobah hath gone and captureth
Kenath,
and its villages,
and calleth it Nobah,
by his own name.