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<span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.</p> <p class="hdg">Moses Reproves Reuben and Gad</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And why discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For when they went up to 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 the LORD had given them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Surely none of the men that came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And behold, ye have risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD towards Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and he will destroy all this people.</p> <p class="hdg">Reuben and Gad Appease Moses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities, because of the inhabitants of the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For we will not inherit with them on the other side of Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance hath fallen to us on this side of Jordan eastward.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Moses said to them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the land shall 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed for battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said to thy servants, so will we do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the 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, with its cities in the borders, even the cities of the country around. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities: and folds for sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth-jair. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/32-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/numbers/32-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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