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.
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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.
Also the half tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, Moses gave the
kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of
Basham the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities
of the country round about. Numbers 32:33