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Chapter 32 |
| 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 spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and
unto the princes of the congregation, saying, |
| 3 | Ataroth, and
Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo,
and Beon, |
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| Even the country which the LORD smote before the
congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have
cattle: |
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Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let
this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over
Jordan. |
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And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? |
| 7 | And
wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over
into the land which the LORD hath given them? |
| 8 | Thus did your
fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. |
| 9 | 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 the LORD had given them. |
| 10 | And the LORD's anger was
kindled the same time, and he sware, 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 sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not
wholly followed me: |
| 12 | Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the
LORD. |
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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. |
| 14 | And, behold,
ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment
yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. |
| 15 | For if ye
turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and
ye shall destroy all this people. |
| 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 Israel, 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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We will not return unto our houses, until the children of
Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. |
| 19 | For we will
not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our
inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. |
| 20 | And
Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the
LORD to war, |
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21 | And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the
LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, |
| 22 | And the
land 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. |
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23 | But if ye will not do so, behold, ye
have sinned against the LORD: 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 hath proceeded out of your mouth. |
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25 | And the children of Gad
and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my
lord commandeth. |
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26 | Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our
cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: |
| 27 | But thy
servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as
my lord saith. |
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28 | 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: |
| 29 | And Moses said unto them, If the children of
Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed
to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye
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 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 the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
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| 32 | 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. |
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And Moses 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 Joseph, 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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| And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and
Aroer, |
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| And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, |
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And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. |
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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 builded. |
| 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 Moses gave Gilead unto
Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. |
| 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. |
