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¹Now the children of Reuben See, a son! and the children of Gad Good fortune had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;

²the children of Gad Good fortune and the children of Reuben See, a son! came and spoke to Moses Drawn out, and to Eleazar Help of God the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

³“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

⁴the land which Adonai struck before the congregation of Israel God prevails, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”

⁵They said, “If we have found chen ·grace· in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan Descender.”

⁶Moses Drawn out said to the children of Gad Good fortune, and to the children of Reuben See, a son!, “Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?

⁷Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel God prevails from going over into the land which Adonai has given them?

⁸Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea Consecrated Son-inconstant to see the land.

⁹For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel God prevails, that they should not go into the land which Adonai had given them.

¹⁰Adonai ’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying,

¹¹‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt Abode of slavery, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham Father of a multitude, to Isaac Laughter, and to Jacob Supplanter; because they have not wholly followed me,

¹²except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua Salvation Yah the son of Nun; because they have followed Adonai completely.’

¹³Adonai ’s anger burned against Israel God prevails, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in Adonai ’s sight, was consumed.

¹⁴“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to increase the fierce anger of Adonai toward Israel God prevails.

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

¹⁶They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;

¹⁷but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel God prevails, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁸We will not teshuvah ·completely return· to our houses, until the children of Israel God prevails have each inherited their inheritance.

¹⁹For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan Descender, and forward; because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan Descender eastward.” (RY:4, LY:7)

²⁰Moses Drawn out said to them, “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Adonai to the war,

²¹and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan Descender before Adonai , until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

²²and the land is subdued before Adonai ; then afterward you shall teshuvah ·completely return·, and be guiltless towards Adonai , and towards Israel God prevails; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Adonai .

²³“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Adonai ; and be sure your sin will find you out.

²⁴Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”

²⁵The children of Gad Good fortune and the children of Reuben See, a son! spoke to Moses Drawn out, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord enjoins us.

²⁶Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

²⁷but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Adonai to battle, as my lord says.”

²⁸So Moses Drawn out enjoined concerning them to Eleazar Help of God the priest, and to Joshua Salvation Yah the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel God prevails.

²⁹Moses Drawn out said to them, “If the children of Gad Good fortune and the children of Reuben See, a son! will pass with you over the Jordan Descender, every man who is armed to battle, before Adonai , and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

³⁰but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan Humbled.”

³¹The children of Gad Good fortune and the children of Reuben See, a son! answered, saying, “As Adonai has said to your servants, so will we do.

³²We will pass over armed before Adonai into the land of Canaan Humbled, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan Descender.”

³³Moses Drawn out gave to them, even to the children of Gad Good fortune, and to the children of Reuben See, a son!, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh Causing to forget the son of Joseph May he add, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites Descendants of Talkers, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.

³⁴The children of Gad Good fortune built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

³⁵Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

³⁶Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran Mountaineer: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

³⁷The children of Reuben See, a son! built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

³⁸Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built. (LY: Maftir ·Conclusion·)

³⁹The children of Machir the son of Manasseh Causing to forget went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites Descendants of Talkers who were therein.

⁴⁰Moses Drawn out gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh Causing to forget; and he lived therein.

⁴¹Jair the son of Manasseh Causing to forget went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.

⁴²Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.