1 The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned great herds of fine cattle. Now they saw that the land of Jazer and Gilead was good for raising livestock.
2 Because of this they went to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community, and said to them,
3 "The land around Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon,
4 which Yahweh has conquered in the sight of the community of Israel, is good land for raising cattle, and we have livestock.
5 If we have deserved your friendship, give us this land for our own; do not make us cross the Jordan River."
6 Moses replied, "Shall you stay here while your brothers are off to the war?
7 Why do you discourage the people of Israel from entering the land that Yahweh has given them?
8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
9 They went up as far as the Valley of Eshcol and inspected the land; but they kept the people of Israel from entering the land Yahweh had given them.
10 Because of this Yahweh was angry that day and swore this oath,
11 'These men of twenty years and over, who came out from Egypt, will never see the land that I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For they have not followed me faithfully,
12 except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun: these indeed have followed Yahweh faithfully.'
13 The anger of Yahweh blazed out against Israel and he made them wander in the desert for forty years, until the generation that offended Yahweh had all disappeared.
14 And now, will you do as your fathers did? You, new generation of sinful people, will you add still more to the burning anger of Yahweh against Israel!
15 If you turn away from him, he will make your roaming in the desert still longer, and all this people will perish because of you."
16 But they explained their purpose to Moses, "We would like to build sheepfolds here for our flocks and towns for our young children.
17 Then we ourselves will take up arms to lead the people of Israel until we have brought them to the place appointed for them: only our young children will stay in the fortified towns, safe from the inhabitants of the country.
18 As for us we will not return to our homes until every one of the Israelites has taken possession of his inheritance.
19 For we shall have no inheritance with them on the other bank of the Jordan River or beyond, since our inheritance has fallen to us here, east of the Jordan."
20 Moses said to them, "If you mean what you have said, if you are prepared to go to battle in the presence of Yahweh,
21 and if all your fighting men cross the Jordan River under the command of Yahweh, until he has defeated all his enemies,
22 then, once Yahweh has taken possession of the land, you may go back; you shall be free of your obligation toward Yahweh and Israel, and this country shall be your inheritance before Yahweh.
23 But if you do not, you will sin against Yahweh, and you can be sure that your sin will follow you.
24 Build towns, then, for your young children and fenced places for your sheep; but do what you have promised."
25 The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as you order, sir.
26 Our children, our wives, our sheep and all our livestock will stay in the towns of Gilead,
27 but we, every man armed for war, will cross over the Jordan before Yahweh to fight as you have ordered."
28 Then Moses gave instructions about them to Eleazar, the priest, to Joshua, son of Nun, and to the other leaders of Israel.
29 Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, all who are armed for battle, cross the Jordan before Yahweh to fight with you, then once you have conquered the land, you will give them the country of Gilead for their possession.
30 But if they do not cross over and go into battle with you, then they must have their possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
31 The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben replied, "What Yahweh has said to us, we will do.
32 We will cross into the land of Canaan and go into battle under Yahweh's command; but our inheritance shall be beyond the Jordan."
33 Moses gave to the tribes of Gad and Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh, the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites, as well as that of Og, king of Bashan, and all the land and towns surrounding them.
34 The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36 Beth-nimrah, Beth-haran, fortified towns, and fenced places for the sheep.
37 The sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38 Nebo, Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the towns they had built.
39 The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead. They conquered it and drove out the Amorites who were there.
40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled there.
41 Jair son of Manasseh attacked and captured some villages and called them villages of Jair.
42 Nobah attacked and captured Kenath with its outlying villages, and called it Nobah after himself.
Versículos relacionados com Numbers, 32:
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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