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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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Now the Reubenites
and Gadites,
who
had very large
herds
and flocks,
surveyed
the lands
of Jazer and Gilead, and
they
saw
that the region
was suitable
for livestock.
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;
So
the Gadites
and Reubenites
came to
Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders
of the congregation, and
said
,
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
,
“
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Ataroth, and
Dibon, and
Jazer, and
Nimrah, and
Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and
Sebam, and
Nebo, and Beon,
which
the LORD
conquered
before the congregation of Israel, are
suitable
for livestock—
and your
servants have livestock
. ”
the land
which
Jehovah
smote
before the congregation of Israel, is
a
land
for cattle;
and thy
servants have cattle
.
“
If we have found favor in your
sight, ”
they
said,
“
let this land be given to
your
servants as
a possession .
Do
not
make
us cross
the Jordan. ”
And
they
said,
If we have found favor in thy
sight, let this land be given unto
thy
servants for
a possession ;
bring
us not
over
the Jordan.
But
Moses asked
the Gadites
and Reubenites
, “
Shall your brothers
go to war while
you
sit here?
And
Moses said
unto
the children
of
Gad,
and to
the
children
of
Reuben
, Shall your brethren
go to the
war ,
and
shall
ye
sit here?
Why
are
you
discouraging
the Israelites
from crossing
into the land that
the
LORD
has
given them?
And
wherefore
discourage
ye
the heart
of
the
children
of
Israel
from going
over
into the land which
Jehovah
hath
given them?
This
is
what
your fathers did
when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect
the land.
Thus
did
your fathers ,
when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see
the land.
For when your
fathers
went up to
the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites
from
entering
the land
that the LORD
had given them.
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
Jehovah
had given them.
So
the
anger of
the
LORD
was kindled that day, and He swore
an
oath
, saying,
And
Jehovah's
anger was kindled in
that day, and he sware
, saying,
‘Because
they
did
not
follow
Me
wholeheartedly,
not
one
of the men twenty
years
of
age
or
older
who
came out of Egypt will
see the land that
I swore
to
give
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob —
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:
not
one
except
Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun —
because they did
follow
the
LORD
wholeheartedly
. ’
save
Caleb the
son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ,
and Joshua the
son of Nun ;
because they have
wholly
followed
Jehovah
.
The
anger of
the
LORD
burned
against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole
generation who
had done evil in His
sight was gone
.
And
Jehovah's
anger was
kindled
against Israel, and he made them wander to
and
fro
in the wilderness forty years, until all
the generation ,
that
had done evil in the
sight of
Jehovah,
was consumed
.
Now
behold,
you
, a
brood
of
sinners
, have
risen up in place
of
your fathers to further
stoke
the burning
anger of the
LORD
against
Israel.
And
, behold
, ye
are
risen up in your fathers '
stead,
an
increase
of
sinful
men,
to augment
yet
the fierce
anger of Jehovah
toward
Israel.
For if you
turn away from following
Him, He will once
again leave this
people
in the wilderness ,
and you
will be
the
cause
of
their
destruction
. ”
For if ye
turn away from after
him, he will yet
again leave them
in the wilderness ;
and ye
will destroy
all
this
people
.
Then
the
Gadites
and Reubenites
approached
Moses
and said, “
We want
to
build sheepfolds here for our livestock
and cities for our little ones .
And they
came
near
unto
him,
and said, We will
build sheepfolds here for our cattle,
and cities for our little ones :
But we will
arm
ourselves and
be ready to go ahead
of
the Israelites
until we have brought them into
their place .
Meanwhile,
our little ones will
remain
in the fortified cities for
protection
from
the inhabitants of the land.
but we ourselves will
be ready armed
to go before
the children
of
Israel,
until we have brought them unto
their place :
and
our little ones shall
dwell
in the fortified cities because
of
the inhabitants of the land.
We will not return to
our homes
until every
Israelite
has
taken
possession
of his inheritance.
We will not return unto
our houses,
until the
children
of Israel
have
inherited
every
man
his inheritance.
Yet
we will not have
an
inheritance
with them across
the Jordan and
beyond
, because our inheritance has
come
to us on the
east
side of the Jordan. ”
For
we will not inherit
with them on
the other
side
of
the
Jordan, and
forward;
because our inheritance is
fallen
to us on this
side of the Jordan eastward
.
Moses replied
, “
If you
will do this —
if you
will arm yourselves before the LORD
for
battle
,
And
Moses said
unto
them
, If ye
will do this thing,
if ye
will arm yourselves to
go
before Jehovah
to
the war
,
and if
every one
of
your
armed men
crosses
the Jordan before the
LORD
, until He has
driven His enemies out
before Him,
and every armed man
of
you
will
pass
over
the Jordan before Jehovah
, until he hath
driven out
his enemies from
before him,
then
when
the land is subdued before the
LORD,
you
may
return and be free
of
obligation
to
the
LORD
and to
Israel .
And this land will
belong
to
you as
a possession before the
LORD
.
and
the land is subdued before Jehovah;
then
afterward
ye
shall
return ,
and be guiltless
towards
Jehovah,
and towards
Israel ;
and this land shall
be
unto
you for
a possession before Jehovah
.
But if you
do
not do this
, you
will
certainly
sin
against the
LORD—
and be assured
that
your sin will find you out.
But if ye
will
not do so
, behold,
ye
have
sinned
against Jehovah;
and be sure
your sin will find you out.
Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks,
but
do what
you
have
promised
. ”
Build you
cities for your little ones ,
and folds for your sheep;
and
do that
which
hath
proceeded
out
of
your
mouth
.
The Gadites
and Reubenites
said
to
Moses, “Your
servants will do just
as our
lord commands
.
And
the children
of
Gad
and the
children
of
Reuben
spake
unto
Moses, saying,
Thy
servants will do as my
lord commandeth
.
Our children
, our wives, our livestock
, and all our animals
will
remain
here
in the cities of Gilead .
Our little
ones
, our wives, our flocks
, and all our cattle,
shall
be
there
in the cities of Gilead ;
But your
servants are
equipped
for
war
, and
every man will
cross
over
to the
battle before
the
LORD
, just
as our
lord says
. ”
but thy
servants will
pass
over
, every man that
is
armed
for
war,
before
Jehovah
to battle, as my
lord saith
.
So Moses gave orders
about
them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family
leaders
of the tribes of Israel.
So Moses gave charge
concerning
them to Eleazar the priest, and
to Joshua the
son of Nun, and to the heads
of the fathers'
`houses'
of
the
tribes of the
children
of
Israel.
And Moses said to
them, “
If the Gadites
and Reubenites
cross
the Jordan
with you, with
every man armed for
battle before the
LORD
, and the land is
subdued before you ,
then you
are
to
give them the land of Gilead as
a possession .
And Moses said unto
them, If the children
of
Gad
and the children
of
Reuben
will
pass
with you over
the
Jordan
, every man that
is
armed to
battle ,
before Jehovah
, and the land shall
be
subdued before you ;
then ye
shall
give them the land of Gilead for
a possession :
But if they do
not arm
themselves
and
go
across
with you, then
they must
accept
their
possession
among you in the land of Canaan. ”
but if they will
not pass
over
with you armed
, they shall
have
possessions
among you in the land of Canaan.
The Gadites
and Reubenites
replied
, “
As the
LORD
has
spoken
to
your
servants, so we
will do.
And
the children
of
Gad
and the
children
of
Reuben
answered
, saying,
As Jehovah
hath
said
unto
thy
servants, so will we
do.
We will cross
over into the land of Canaan armed
before
the
LORD
, that
we
may
have
our inheritance on
this
side
of
the Jordan. ”
We will pass
over armed
before
Jehovah
into the land of Canaan, and
the
possession
of
our inheritance `shall
remain'
with
us
beyond
the Jordan.
So
Moses gave to the Gadites
, to the Reubenites
, and to
the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan —
the land including
its
cities and
the territory
surrounding
them
.
And
Moses gave unto
them,
even
to the children
of
Gad
, and
to the children
of
Reuben
, and unto
the half-tribe of Manasseh the
son of Joseph ,
the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites ,
and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan ,
the land ,
according
to
the
cities thereof
with
`their'
borders,
even
the cities
of
the
land
round
about
.
And the Gadites
built up
Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
And the children
of
Gad
built Dibon, and
Ataroth, and
Aroer,
Atroth-shophan
, Jazer, Jogbehah,
and
Atrothshophan
, and
Jazer, and
Jogbehah,
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as
fortified cities, and they
built
folds for their
flocks
.
and
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran :
fortified cities, and folds for sheep
.
The Reubenites
built up
Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
And
the children
of
Reuben
built Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and
Kiriathaim,
as
well
as
Nebo and Baal-meon ( whose
names were
changed )
, and Sibmah .
And they renamed
the cities they rebuilt
.
and
Nebo ,
and Baal-meon ,
( their
names being
changed, )
and Sibmah :
and they gave
other
names
unto
the cities which
they builded
.
The descendants
of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured
it, and drove
out
the Amorites who
were there
.
And
the children
of Machir the
son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and
took
it, and dispossessed
the Amorites that
were therein
.
So
Moses gave Gilead to
the
clan
of
Machir son of Manasseh ,
and they
settled
there
.
And
Moses gave Gilead unto
Machir the
son of Manasseh ;
and he
dwelt
therein
.
Jair ,
a
descendant
of Manasseh ,
went and captured
their
villages
and called them Havvoth-jair.
And
Jair the
son
of Manasseh went and took
the
towns
thereof,
and called them Havvoth-jair.
And Nobah went and captured
Kenath and its
villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
And Nobah went and took
Kenath ,
and the
villages thereof,
and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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