Numbers 32

About Numbers Numbers follows Israel's forty years in the wilderness, from Sinai to the edge of the promised land.

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;SelectedNumbers 32:1Ask

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,SelectedNumbers 32:2Ask

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,SelectedNumbers 32:3Ask

Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:SelectedNumbers 32:4Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:5Ask

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?SelectedNumbers 32:6Ask

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?SelectedNumbers 32:7Ask

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.SelectedNumbers 32:8Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:9Ask

And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,SelectedNumbers 32:10Ask

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:SelectedNumbers 32:11Ask

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.SelectedNumbers 32:12Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:13Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:14Ask

For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.SelectedNumbers 32:15Ask

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:SelectedNumbers 32:16Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:17Ask

We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.SelectedNumbers 32:18Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:19Ask

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,SelectedNumbers 32:20Ask

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,SelectedNumbers 32:21Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:22Ask

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.SelectedNumbers 32:23Ask

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.SelectedNumbers 32:24Ask

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.SelectedNumbers 32:25Ask

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:SelectedNumbers 32:26Ask

But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.SelectedNumbers 32:27Ask

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:SelectedNumbers 32:28Ask

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:SelectedNumbers 32:29Ask

But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.SelectedNumbers 32:30Ask

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.SelectedNumbers 32:31Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:32Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 32:33Ask

And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,SelectedNumbers 32:34Ask

And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,SelectedNumbers 32:35Ask

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.SelectedNumbers 32:36Ask

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,SelectedNumbers 32:37Ask

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.SelectedNumbers 32:38Ask

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.SelectedNumbers 32:39Ask

And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.SelectedNumbers 32:40Ask

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.SelectedNumbers 32:41Ask

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.SelectedNumbers 32:42Ask

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