Numbers 32

1 Now the children of Behold a Son (Reuben) and the children of Troop (Gad) had a very great multitude of cattle. When they saw that the land of Helped (Jaazer), and the land of Rocky Region (Gilead), were places for livestock;

 

2 The children of Troop (Gad) and the children of Behold a Son (Reuben) came and spoke to Drawn (Moses), and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying:

 

3 Crowns (Ataroth), Wasting (Dibon), Helped (Jaazer), Limpid (Nimrah), Stronghold (Heshbon), God is Ascending (Elealeh), Fragrance (Shebam), Prophet (Nebo), and Indwelling (Beon),

 

4 The country which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) conquered before the congregation of God Prevails (Israel), is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock:

 

5 Therefore, they said: if we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and bring us not over the Descender (Jordan).

 

6 Drawn (Moses) said to the children of Troop (Gad) and to the children of Behold a Son (Reuben): Shall your brethren go to war, and you sit here?

 

7 Why do you discourage the heart of the children of God Prevails (Israel) from going over into the land which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has given them?

 

8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Holy (Kadeshbarnea) to see the land.

 

9 For when they went up to the valley of Cluster (Eshcol) and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of God Prevails (Israel), that they should not go into the land which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had given them.

 

10 I AM’s (the LORD, Yehovah) anger was kindled the same time, and He swore, saying:

 

11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Double Straights (Egypt), from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Father of a Multitude (Abraham), to Laughter (Isaac), and to Heel-Grabber (Jacob); because they have not wholly followed Me:

 

12 Save Dog (Caleb) the son of He Will Face (Jephunneh) the Hunter (Kenizzite), and Jehovah is Salvation (Joshua) the son of Posterity (Nun): for they have wholly followed I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

13 I AM’s (the LORD, Yehovah) anger was kindled against God Prevails (Israel), and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), was consumed.

 

14 But look! You are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) toward God Prevails (Israel).

 

15 For if you turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you shall destroy all these people.

 

16 Then they came near to him, and said: We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:

 

17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of God Prevails (Israel), until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

 

18 We will not return to our houses until the children of God Prevails (Israel) have inherited every man his inheritance.

 

19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Descender (Jordan), or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Descender (Jordan) eastward.

 

20 Drawn (Moses) said to them: If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) to war,

 

21 And all of your armed men will go over Descender (Jordan) before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) until He has driven out His enemies from before Him,

 

22 And the land is subdued before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), and before God Prevails (Israel); and this land shall be your possession before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

23 But if you will not do so, you have sinned against I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): 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 has proceeded out of your mouth.

 

25 Then the children of Troop (Gad) and the children of Behold a Son (Reuben) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying: Your servants will do as my lord commands.

 

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock, shall be there in the cities of Rocky Region (Gilead):

 

27 But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) to battle, as my lord says.

 

28 So concerning them, Drawn (Moses) commanded Eleazar the priest, and Jehovah is Salvation (Joshua) the son of Posterity (Nun), and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of God Prevails (Israel):

 

29 Drawn (Moses) said to them: If the children of Troop (Gad) and the children of Behold a Son (Reuben) will pass with you over Descender (Jordan), every man armed to battle, before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Rocky Region (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 Humbled One (Canaan).

 

31 Then the children of Troop (Gad) and the children of Behold a Son (Reuben) answered, saying, As I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has said to your servants, so we will do.

 

32 We will pass over armed before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) into the land of Humbled One (Canaan), that the possession of our inheritance on this side Descender (Jordan) may be ours.

 

33 So Drawn (Moses) gave to them, the children of Troop (Gad), and to the children of Behold a Son (Reuben), and to half the tribe of Causing to Forget (Manasseh) the son of I AM Will Add (Joseph), the kingdom of Warrior (Sihon) king of The Talkers, Sayers (Amorite), and the kingdom of Long-Necked (Og) king of Fruitful (Bashan), the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, and the cities of the country round about.

 

34 Then the children of Troop (Gad) built Wasting (Dibon), Crowns (Ataroth), Ruins (Aroer),

 

35 Crowns of Plunder (Atroth Shophan), Helped (Jaazer), Lofty (Jogbehah),

 

36 House of the Leopard (Bethnimrah) and House of Their Mount: House of the Joyful Shouter (Bethharan), fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

 

37 The children of Behold a Son (Reuben) built Stronghold (Heshbon), and God is Ascending (Elealeh), and Double City (Kirjathaim),

 

38 Prophet (Nebo), Lord of the Habitation (Baalmeon), (their names being changed,) and Fragrance (Shibmah): and gave other names to the cities which they built.

 

39 And the children of Machir the son of Causing to Forget (Manasseh) went to Rocky Region (Gilead), and took it, and dispossessed The Talkers, Sayers (Amorite) which were in it.

 

40 Drawn (Moses) gave Rocky Region (Gilead) to Machir the son of Causing to Forget (Manasseh); and he dwelt therein.

 

41 He Enlightens (Jair) the son of Causing to Forget (Manasseh) went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Villages of He Enlightens (Havothjair).

 

42 Also, Barking (Nobah) went and took Possession (Kenath), and the villages thereof, and called it Barking (Nobah), after his own name.