32 BEMIDBAR - NUMBERS 32

The Tribes Of Reuben And Gad Request An Inheritance On The East Of Jordan

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  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;

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  2    The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Mosheh, and to Eleazar the kohen, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

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  3    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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  4    Even the country which YAHWEH smote before the congregation of Yisrael, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle:

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  5    Wherefore, said they, if we have found favour in your sight, let this land be given unto your servants for a possession, and bring us not over Yardan.

Mosheh Reproves The Reubenites And Gadites

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  6    And Mosheh said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here?

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  7    And wherefore discourage you the heart of the children of Yisrael from going over into the land which YAHWEH has given them?

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  8    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

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  9    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Yisrael, that they should not go into the land which YAHWEH had given them.

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  10    And YAHWEH'S anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,

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  11    Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Yitschaq, and unto Yacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

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  12    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Yahshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed YAHWEH.

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  13    And YAHWEH'S anger was kindled against Yisrael, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of YAHWEH, was consumed.

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  14    And, behold, you are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of YAHWEH toward Yisrael.

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

They Explain Their Views, Mosheh Consents

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

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  17    But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Yisrael, 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.

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

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  19    For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Yardan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Yardan eastward.

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  20    And Mosheh said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before YAHWEH to war,

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  21    And will go all of you armed over Yardan before YAHWEH, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

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  22    And the land be subdued before YAHWEH: then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless before YAHWEH, and before Yisrael; and this land shall be your possession before YAHWEH.

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

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

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  25    And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Mosheh, saying, Your servants will do as my master commands.

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

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  27    But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before YAHWEH to battle, as my master saith.

They Take Possession Of The Land To The East Of Jordan

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  28     ?  So concerning them Mosheh commanded Eleazar the kohen, and Yahshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisrael:

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  29    And Mosheh said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Yardan, every man armed to battle, before YAHWEH, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

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

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  31    And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As YAHWEH has said to your servants, so will we do.

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  32    We will pass over armed before YAHWEH into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Yardan may be ours.

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  33    And Mosheh gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Yoseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

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  34    And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

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  35    And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

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  36    And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

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  37    And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

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  38    And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they built.

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  39    And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

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  40    And Mosheh gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

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  41    And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.

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  42    And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.