Dual Panel1Now the Reubenites <07205> <01121> and the Gadites <01410> <01121> possessed a very <03966> large <06099> number <07227> of cattle <04735>. When they saw <07200> that the lands <0776> of Jazer <03270> and Gilead <01568> were ideal for cattle <04735>,
2the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121> came <0935> and addressed <0559> Moses <04872>, Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, and the leaders <05387> of the community <05712>. They said <0559>,
3“Ataroth <05852>, Dibon <01769>, Jazer <03270>, Nimrah <05247>, Heshbon <02809>, Elealeh <0500>, Sebam <07643>, Nebo <05015>, and Beon <01194>,
4the land <0776> that <0834> the Lord <03068> subdued <05221> before <06440> the community <05712> of Israel <03478>, is ideal for cattle <04735>, and your <01931> servants <05650> have cattle <04735>.”
5So they said <0559>, “If <0518> we have found <04672> favor <02580> in your sight <05869>, let this <02063> land <0776> be given <05414> to your servants <05650> for our inheritance <0272>. Do not <0408> have us cross <05674> the Jordan River <03383>.”
6Moses <04872> said <0559> to the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, “Must your brothers <0251> go <0935> to war <04421> while you <0859> remain <03427> here <06311>?
7Why <04100> do you frustrate <05106> the intent <03820> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> to cross over <05674> into <0413> the land <0776> which <0834> the Lord <03068> has given <05414> them?
8Your fathers <01> did <06213> the same thing when I sent <07971> them from Kadesh Barnea <06947> to see <07200> the <0853> land <0776>.
9When they went up <05927> to <05704> the Eshcol <0812> Valley <05158> and saw <07200> the land <0776>, they frustrated <05106> the intent <03820> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> so that they did not <01115> enter <0935> the land <0776> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had given <05414> them.
10So the anger <0639> of the Lord <03068> was kindled <02734> that day <03117>, and he <01931> swore <07650>,
11‘Because <03588> they have not <03808> followed <0310> me wholeheartedly <04390>, not <0518> one of the men <0376> twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and upward <04605> who came <05927> from Egypt <04714> will see <07200> the land <0127> that <0834> I swore <07650> to give to Abraham <085>, Isaac <03327>, and Jacob <03290>,
12except <01115> Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312> the Kenizzite <07074>, and Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>, for <03588> they followed <0310> the Lord <03068> wholeheartedly <04390>.’
13So the Lord’s <03068> anger <0639> was kindled <02734> against the Israelites <03478>, and he made them wander <05128> in the wilderness <04057> for forty <0705> years <08141>, until <05704> all <03605> that generation <01755> that had done <06213> wickedly <07451> before <05869> the Lord <03068> was finished <08552>.
14Now look <02009>, you are standing <06965> in your fathers <01>’ place <08478>, a brood <08635> of sinners <02400>, to increase <05595> still further <05750> the fierce <02740> wrath <0639> of the Lord <03069> against <0413> the Israelites <03478>.
15For <03588> if you turn <07725> away from following <0310> him, he will once <03254> again <05750> abandon <03240> them in the wilderness <04057>, and you will be the reason for their destruction <07843>.”
16Then they came very close <05066> to him <0413> and said <0559>, “We will build <01129> sheep <06629> folds <01448> here <06311> for our flocks <04735> and cities <05892> for our families <02945>,
17but we <0587> will maintain <02502> ourselves in armed <02502> readiness <02363> and go before <06440> the Israelites <03478> <01121> until <05704> whenever <0518> <0834> we have brought <0935> them to <0413> their place <04725>. Our descendants <02945> will be living <03427> in fortified <04013> towns <05892> as a protection against <06440> the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>.
18We will not <03808> return <07725> to <0413> our homes <01004> until <05704> every Israelite <03478> <01121> has his inheritance <05159>.
19For <03588> we will not <03808> accept <05157> any inheritance <05157> on <0854> the other side <05676> of the Jordan River <03383> and beyond <01973>, because <03588> our inheritance <05159> has come <0935> to <0413> us on this eastern <04217> side <05676> of the Jordan <03383>.”
20Then Moses <04872> replied <0559>, “If <0518> you will do <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>, and if <0518> you will arm <02502> yourselves for battle <04421> before <06440> the Lord <03068>,
21and if all <03605> your armed men <02502> cross <05674> the Jordan <03383> before <06440> the Lord <03068> until <05704> he drives out <03423> his enemies <0341> from his presence <06440>
22and the land <0776> is subdued <03533> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, then afterward <0310> you may return <07725> and be <01961> free of <05355> your obligation <05355> to the Lord <03068> and to Israel <03478>. This <02063> land <0776> will <01961> then be <01961> your possession <0272> in the Lord’s <03068> sight <06440>.
23“But if <0518> you do not <03808> do <06213> this <03651>, then look <02009>, you will have sinned <02398> against the Lord <03068>. And know <03045> that <0834> your sin <02403> will find <04672> you out.
24So build <01129> cities <05892> for your descendants <02945> and pens <01448> for your sheep <06792>, but do <06213> what you have said <06310> <03318> you would do.”
25So the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121> replied <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Your servants <05650> will do <06213> as <0834> my lord <0113> commands <06680>.
26Our children <02945>, our wives <0802>, our flocks <04735>, and all <03605> our livestock <0929> will be <01961> there <08033> in the cities <05892> of Gilead <01568>,
27but your servants <05650> will cross over <05674>, every <03605> man armed <02502> for war <06635>, to do battle <04421> in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440>, just as <0834> my lord <0113> says <01696>.”
28So Moses <04872> gave orders <06680> about them to Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, to Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>, and to the heads <07218> of the families <01> of the Israelite <03478> <01121> tribes <04294>.
29Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> them: “If <0518> the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121> cross <05674> the Jordan <03383> with <0854> you, each one <03605> equipped <02502> for battle <04421> in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440>, and you conquer <03533> the land <0776>, then you must allot <05414> them the territory <0776> of Gilead <01568> as their possession <0272>.
30But if <0518> they do not <03808> cross <05674> over with <0854> you armed <02502>, they must receive possessions <0270> among <08432> you in Canaan <03667>.”
31Then the Gadites <01410> <01121> and the Reubenites <07205> <01121> answered <06030>, “Your servants <05650> will do <06213> what <0834> the Lord <03068> has spoken <01696>.
32We <05168> will cross <05674> armed <02502> in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440> into the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, and then the possession <0272> of our inheritance <05159> that we inherit will be ours on this side <05676> of the Jordan River <03383>.”
33So Moses <04872> gave <05414> to the Gadites <01410> <01121>, the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, and to half <02677> the tribe <07626> of Manasseh <04519> son <01121> of Joseph <03130> the <0853> realm <04467> of King <04428> Sihon <05511> of the Amorites <0567>, and the realm <04467> of King <04428> Og <05747> of Bashan <01316>, the entire land <0776> with its cities <05892> and the territory <01367> surrounding <05439> them.
34The Gadites <01410> <01121> rebuilt <01129> Dibon <01769>, Ataroth <05852>, Aroer <06177>,
35Atroth Shophan <05855>, Jazer <03270>, Jogbehah <03011>,
36Beth Nimrah <01039>, and Beth Haran <01028> as fortified <04013> cities <05892>, and constructed pens <01448> for their flocks <06629>.
37The Reubenites <07205> <01121> rebuilt <01129> Heshbon <02809>, Elealeh <0500>, Kiriathaim <07156>,
38Nebo <05015>, Baal Meon <01186> (with a change <05437> of name <08034>), and Sibmah <07643>. They renamed <08034> <08034> the cities <05892> they built <01129>.
39The descendants <01121> of Machir <04353> son <01121> of Manasseh <04519> went <01980> to Gilead <01568>, took <03920> it, and dispossessed <03423> the Amorites <0567> who <0834> were in it.
40So Moses <04872> gave <05414> Gilead <01568> to Machir <04353>, son <01121> of Manasseh <04519>, and he lived <03427> there.
41Now Jair <02971> son <01121> of Manasseh <04519> went <01980> and captured <03920> their small towns <02333> and named <07121> them Havvoth Jair <02334>.
42Then Nobah <05025> went <01980> and captured <03920> Kenath <07079> and its villages <01323> and called <07121> it Nobah <05025> after his own name <08034>.