NOW the children of Re'uven and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Ya`azeyr, and the land of Gil`ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
The children of Gad and the children of Re'uven came and spoke unto Mosheh, and to El`azar the priest, and unto the princes of the assembly, saying,
Ataroth, and Diyvon, and Ya`azeyr, and Nimrah, and Cheshbon, and El`aleh, and Sevam, and Nevu, and Be`on,
Even the country which Yahuah smote before the assembly of Yashar'el, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle:
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given unto your servants for a possession, and bring us not over the Yardan.
And Mosheh said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Re'uven, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Yashar'el from going over into the land which Yahuah has given them?
Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Qadesh Barnea to see the land.
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshkol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Yashar'el, that they should not go into the land which Yahuah had given them.
And Yahuah's anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,
Surely none of the men that came up out of Mitsrayim, from twenty years old and upward, shall see את the land which I swore unto Avraham, unto Yitschaq, and unto Ya`aqov; because they have not wholly followed me:
Save Kalev the son of Yephunneh the Qenizziy, and Yahusha the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed Yahuah.
And Yahuah's anger was kindled against Yashar'el, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Yahuah, was consumed.
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahuah toward El-Yashar'el.
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Yashar'el, 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.
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Yashar'el have inherited every man his inheritance.
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side of the Yardan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Yardan eastward.
And Mosheh said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before Yahuah to war,
And will go all of you armed over the Yardan before Yahuah, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
And the land be subdued before Yahuah: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before Yahuah, and before Yashar'el; and this land shall be your possession before Yahuah.
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Yahuah: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.
And the children of Gad and the children of Re'uven spoke unto Mosheh, saying, Your servants will do as my adoniy commands.
Our little ones, our women, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gil'ad:
But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before Yahuah to battle, as my adoniy says.
So concerning them Mosheh commanded את El`azar the priest, and את Yahusha the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Yashar'el:
And Mosheh said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Re'uven will pass with you over of the Yardan, every man armed to battle, before Yahuah, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gil'ad for a possession:
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Kena`an.
And the children of Gad and the children of Re'uven answered, saying את, As Yahuah has said unto your servants, so will we do.
We will pass over armed before Yahuah into the land of Kena`an, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Yardan may be ours.
And Mosheh gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Re'uven, and unto half the tribe of Menashsheh the son of Yoceph, the kingdom of Ciychon king of the Emoriym, 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.
And the children of Gad built Diyvon, and Ataroth, and Aro'er,
And Atroth, Shophan, and Ya`azeyr, and Yogbehah,
And Beyt Nimrah, and Beyt Ha-Ran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
And the children of Re'uven built Cheshbon, and El`aleh, and Qiryathayim,
And Nevu, and Ba`al Me`on, (their names being changed,) and Sevam: and gave other names unto the cities which they built.
And the children of Makiyr the son of Menashsheh went to Gil'ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Emoriy which was in it.
And Mosheh gave Gil'ad unto Makiyr the son of Menashsheh; and he dwelt therein.
And Ya'iyr the son of Menashsheh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Chavvoth Ya'iyr.
And Novach went and took Qenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Novach, after his own name.