1 Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle.
2 So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Elea'zar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation,
3 "At'aroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elea'leh, Sebam, Nebo, and Be'on,
4 the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle."
5 And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; do not take us across the Jordan."
6 But Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, "Shall your brethren go to the war while you sit here?
7 Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Ka'desh-bar'nea to see the land.
9 For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land which the LORD had given them.
10 And the LORD's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying,
11 `Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me;
12 none except Caleb the son of Jephun'neh the Ken'izzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
13 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.
14 And behold, you have risen in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the LORD against Israel!
15 For if you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people."
16 Then they came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and cities for our little ones,
17 but we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return to our homes until the people of Israel have inherited each his inheritance.
19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond; because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east."
20 So Moses said to them, "If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the LORD for the war,
21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him
22 and the land is subdued before the LORD; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.
24 Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do what you have promised."
25 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities of Gilead;
27 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord orders."
28 So Moses gave command concerning them to Elea'zar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
29 And Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the LORD, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
30 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
31 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, "As the LORD has said to your servants, so we will do.
32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan."
33 And Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manas'seh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country.
34 And the sons of Gad built Dibon, At'aroth, Aro'er,
35 At'roth-sho'phan, Jazer, Jog'behah,
36 Beth-nim'rah and Beth-har'an, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
37 And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elea'leh, Kiriatha'im,
38 Nebo, and Ba'al-me'on (their names to be changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
39 And the sons of Machir the son of Manas'seh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manas'seh, and he settled in it.
41 And Ja'ir the son of Manas'seh went and took their villages, and called them Hav'voth-ja'ir.
42 And Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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Numbers 32 addresses the granting of Gilead's land to the tribes of Rúben and Gade, as well as half of the tribe of Manasseh. They ask to dwell the earth to the east of the Jordan River, which was fertile to their flocks, and Moses agrees on the condition that these tribes help the other tribes to conquer the land of Canaan west of Jordan. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in numbers 32.
Deuteronomy 3:18-20: "At that time I commanded you to make the following statement to the Lord, 'O Lord God, you gave us the Earth east of Jordan as our property so that we may possess it.' The Lord your God to you He replied, 'You are right to say that I have given you this land. Therefore, send some men to explore it and they must bring a report on the earth that will inherit.' "This verse describes the grounds of the East of the Jordan Jordan. and God's command to explore the earth before settling in it.
Joshua 22:4: "And now that the Lord, his God, has given his brothers the rest he promised to them, return to the lands that Moses, servant of the Lord, gave them the east of the Jordan." In this verse, Joshua is remembering the tribes of Rúben, Gad and half of the Manasseh tribe about the granting of the Earth east of Jordan.
Joshua 22:9: "Then the Rubenites, the Gadites, and half of Manasseh's tribe left the other Israelites in Symil, in Canaan, to return to the land of Gilead, which belonged to them, as he ordered Moses, servant of the Lord." This verse shows that the tribes of Rúben, Gad and half of the Manasseh tribe returned to their land granted after helping to conquer the earth west of Jordan.
Joshua 22:16: "They said, 'The whole community of the Lord has gathered here, and why are you rebeling against the God of Israel today, building an altar to rebel against him?'" This verse reports a dispute between The tribes of Rúben, Gad and half of the Manasseh tribe and the other tribes of Israel due to a misunderstanding on an altar they built.
Joshua 22:33: "The Israelites were pleased and no longer talked about going to the war against the Rubenites and the Gadites and destroying the land they lived in." This verse shows that the dispute was peacefully resolved, and the tribes of Rúben, Gade and half of the tribe of Manasseh could remain in their land granted east of the Jordan.
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