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Chapter 32
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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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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, |
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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? |
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And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children
of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD
hath given them? |
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Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea
to see the land. |
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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. |
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And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he
sware, saying, |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again
leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all
this people. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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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And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD,
until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, |
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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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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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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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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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Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,
shall be there in the cities of Gilead: |
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But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for
war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. |
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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: |
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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: |
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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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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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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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And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,)
and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which
they builded. |
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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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And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh;
and he dwelt therein. |
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And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small
towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. |
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And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof,
and called it Nobah, after his own name. |
