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Numbers 32 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Reuben and Gad Possess Gilead

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Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had an exceedingly large number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that [fn]it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:2 - so the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:3 - “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:4 - the land, which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - And they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan.”
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But Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you yourselves sit here?

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7 - “Now why are you [fn]discouraging the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land which Yahweh has given them?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:8 - [fn]This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:9 - “Indeed they went up to the [fn]valley of Eshcol and saw the land, and they [fn]discouraged the sons of Israel so that they did not go into the land which Yahweh had given them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:10 - “So Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - ‘None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed Yahweh fully.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - “So Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh was brought to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14 - “Now behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to add still more to the burning anger of Yahweh against Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - “For if you turn away from following Him, He will once more abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”
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Then they came near to him and said, “We will build here sheepfolds for our livestock and cities for our little ones;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we ourselves will be armed ready to go before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, and our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - “We will not return to our homes until every one of the sons of Israel has possessed his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - “For we will not have an inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond because our inheritance has fallen to us on this side of the Jordan east.”
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So Moses said to them, “If you will do [fn]this, if you will arm yourselves before Yahweh for the war,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:21 - and all of you armed men cross over the Jordan before Yahweh until He has dispossessed His enemies from before Him,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued before Yahweh, then afterward you shall return and be free of obligation toward Yahweh and toward Israel, and this land shall be yours for a possession before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:23 - “But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh, and be sure your sin will find you out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - “Build yourselves cities for your little ones and sheepfolds for your sheep, and do [fn]what you have promised.”
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And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - “Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall [fn]remain there in the cities of Gilead;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:27 - but your servants, everyone who is armed for war, will cross over in the presence of Yahweh to battle, just as my lord says.”
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So Moses gave a command 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 sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - And Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross with you over the Jordan in the presence of Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:30 - but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:31 - And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so we will do.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32 - “We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us across the Jordan.”
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So Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the land with its cities with their [fn]territories, the cities of the surrounding land.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:34 - And the sons of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:35 - and Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - and Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and sheepfolds for sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38 - and Nebo and Baal-meontheir names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:39 - And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:40 - So Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he lived in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:41 - And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its [fn]towns and called them [fn]Havvoth-jair.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:42 - And Nobah went and took Kenath and its towns and called it Nobah after his own name.
LSB Footnotes
Lit behold, the place, a place for
Lit restraining the hearts of
Lit Thus your fathers
Or wadi
Lit restrained the hearts of
Lit this thing
Lit that which has come out of your mouth
Lit be
Lit borders
Lit tent villages
Lit the towns of Jair
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