Book 04 : NUMBERS - Chapter 032
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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 our's
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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
Book 04 : NUMBERS - Chapter 032
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