The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

Num 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Ja´-zer, and the land of Gil´-e-ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Num 32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to E-le-a´-zar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

Num 32:3 At´-a-roth, and Di´-bon, and Ja´zer, and Nim´-rah, and Hesh´-bon, and E-le-a´-leh, and She´-bam, and Ne´-bo, and Be´-on,

Num 32:4 Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

Num 32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found power in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

Num 32:6 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?

Num 32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?

Num 32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Ka´-desh–bar´-ne-a to see the land.

Num 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Esh´-col, 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.

Num 32:10 And the Lord’s anger was kindled the same time, and He sware, saying,

Num 32:11 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:

Num 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Je-phun´neh the Ken´-ez-ite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

Num 32:13 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.

Num 32:14 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.

Num 32:15 For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

Num 32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Num 32:17 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.

Num 32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

Num 32:19 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.

Num 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,

Num 32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him,

Num 32:22 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.

Num 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

Num 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

Num 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

Num 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gil´-e-ad:

Num 32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.

Num 32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded E-le-a´-zar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Num 32:29 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 Gil´-e-ad for a possession:

Num 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

Num 32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

Num 32:32 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.

Num 32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Ma-nas´-seh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Si´-hon king of the Am´-or-ites, and the kingdom of Og king of Ba´-shan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

Num 32:34 And the children of Gad built Di´-bon, and At´-a-roth, and Ar´-o-er,

Num 32:35 And At´-roth, Sho´-phan, and Ja-a´-zer, and Jog´-be-hah,

Num 32:36 And Beth–nim´-rah, and Beth– ha´-ran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

Num 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Hesh´-bon, and E-le-a´-leh, and Kir-jatha´-im,

Num 32:38 And Ne´-bo, and Ba´-al–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shib´-mah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

Num 32:39 And the children of Ma´-chir the son of Ma-nas´-seh went to Gil´-e-ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Am´or-ite which was in it.

Num 32:40 And Moses gave Gil´-e-ad unto Ma´-chir the son of Ma-nas´-seh; and he dwelt therein.

Num 32:41 And Ja´-ir the son of Ma-nas´seh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Ha´-voth–ja´ir.

Num 32:42 And No´-bah went and took Ke´nath, and the villages thereof, and called it No´-bah, after his own name.