and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4 the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.” 5 They said, “If we have found favour in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
6 Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? 7 Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them? 8 Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. 9 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. 10 The LORD’s anger burnt in that day, and he swore, saying, 11 ‘Surely none of the men who came up out of 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, 12 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have followed the LORD completely.’ 13 The LORD’s anger burnt against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation who had done evil in the LORD’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 the LORD towards Israel. 15 For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all these people.”
16 They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones; 17 but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return to our houses until the children of Israel have all received their inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.”
20 Moses said to them: “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before the LORD to the war, 21 and every one of your armed men will pass over the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven out his enemies from before him, 22 and the land is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
23 “But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
25 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead; 27 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.”
28 So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29 Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession; 30 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions amongst you in the land of Canaan.”
31 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”
33 Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to 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 its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land. 34 The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep. 37 The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38 Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built. 39 The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein. 40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. 41 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair. 42 Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 Moses wrote the starting points of their journeys by the commandment of the LORD. These are their journeys according to their starting points. 3 They travelled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, 4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck amongst them. The LORD also executed judgements on their gods. 5 The children of Israel travelled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth. 6 They travelled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 They travelled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon, and they encamped before Migdol. 8 They travelled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. 9 They travelled from Marah, and came to Elim. In Elim, there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there. 10 They travelled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. 11 They travelled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 They travelled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 13 They travelled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. 14 They travelled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. 15 They travelled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 They travelled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah. 17 They travelled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth. 18 They travelled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. 19 They travelled from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez. 20 They travelled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah. 21 They travelled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah. 22 They travelled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. 23 They travelled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher. 24 They travelled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 They travelled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. 26 They travelled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. 27 They travelled from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. 28 They travelled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah. 29 They travelled from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah. 30 They travelled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth. 31 They travelled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan. 32 They travelled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad. 33 They travelled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. 34 They travelled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah. 35 They travelled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber. 36 They travelled from Ezion Geber, and encamped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 37 They travelled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. 39 Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor. 40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 They travelled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. 42 They travelled from Zalmonah, and