Numbers 32:1-27
32:1 Now the children <01121> of Reuben <07205> and the children <01121> of Gad <01410> had a very <03966> great <06099> multitude <07227> of cattle <04735>: and when they saw <07200> (8799) the land <0776> of Jazer <03270>, and the land <0776> of Gilead <01568>, that, behold, the place <04725> [was] a place <04725> for cattle <04735>;
32:2 The children <01121> of Gad <01410> and the children <01121> of Reuben <07205> came <0935> (8799) and spake <0559> (8799) unto Moses <04872>, and to Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, and unto the princes <05387> of the congregation <05712>, saying <0559> (8800),
32:3 Ataroth <05852>, and Dibon <01769>, and Jazer <03270>, and Nimrah <05247>, and Heshbon <02809>, and Elealeh <0500>, and Shebam <07643>, and Nebo <05015>, and Beon <01194>, {Nimrah: also called, Bethnimrah} {Shebam: also called, Shibmah} {Beon: also called, Baalmeon}
32:4 [Even] the country <0776> which the LORD <03068> smote <05221> (8689) before <06440> the congregation <05712> of Israel <03478>, [is] a land <0776> for cattle <04735>, and thy servants <05650> have cattle <04735>:
32:5 Wherefore, said <0559> (8799) they, if we have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thy sight <05869>, let this land <0776> be given <05414> (8714) unto thy servants <05650> for a possession <0272>, [and] bring us not over <05674> (8686) Jordan <03383>.
32:6 And Moses <04872> said <0559> (8799) unto the children <01121> of Gad <01410> and to the children <01121> of Reuben <07205>, Shall your brethren <0251> go <0935> (8799) to war <04421>, and shall ye sit <03427> (8799) here?
32:7 And wherefore discourage ye <05106> (8686) (8675) <05106> (8799) the heart <03820> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> from going over <05674> (8800) into the land <0776> which the LORD <03068> hath given <05414> (8804) them? {discourage: Heb. break}
32:8 Thus did <06213> (8804) your fathers <01>, when I sent <07971> (8800) them from Kadeshbarnea <06947> to see <07200> (8800) the land <0776>.
32:9 For when they went up <05927> (8799) unto the valley <05158> of Eshcol <0812>, and saw <07200> (8799) the land <0776>, they discouraged <05106> (8686) the heart <03820> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, that they should not go <0935> (8800) into the land <0776> which the LORD <03068> had given <05414> (8804) them.
32:10 And the LORD'S <03068> anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799) the same time <03117>, and he sware <07650> (8735), saying <0559> (8800),
32:11 Surely <0518> none of the men <0582> that came up <05927> (8802) out of Egypt <04714>, from twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and upward <04605>, shall see <07200> (8799) the land <0127> which I sware <07650> (8738) unto Abraham <085>, unto Isaac <03327>, and unto Jacob <03290>; because they have not wholly <04390> (8765) followed <0310> me: {wholly...: Heb. fulfilled after me}
32:12 Save Caleb <03612> the son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312> the Kenezite <07074>, and Joshua <03091> the son <01121> of Nun <05126>: for they have wholly <04390> (8765) followed <0310> the LORD <03068>.
32:13 And the LORD'S <03068> anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799) against Israel <03478>, and he made them wander <05128> (8686) in the wilderness <04057> forty <0705> years <08141>, until all the generation <01755>, that had done <06213> (8802) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, was consumed <08552> (8800).
32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up <06965> (8804) in your fathers <01>' stead, an increase <08635> of sinful <02400> men <0582>, to augment <05595> (8800) yet the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> toward Israel <03478>.
32:15 For if ye turn away <07725> (8799) from after <0310> him, he will yet again <03254> (8804) leave <03240> (8687) them in the wilderness <04057>; and ye shall destroy <07843> (8765) all this people <05971>.
32:16 And they came near <05066> (8799) unto him, and said <0559> (8799), We will build <01129> (8799) sheepfolds <01448> <06629> here for our cattle <04735>, and cities <05892> for our little ones <02945>:
32:17 But we ourselves <0587> will go ready <02363> (8803) armed <02502> (8735) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, until we have brought <0935> (8689) them unto their place <04725>: and our little ones <02945> shall dwell <03427> (8804) in the fenced <04013> cities <05892> because <06440> of the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>.
32:18 We will not return <07725> (8799) unto our houses <01004>, until the children <01121> of Israel <03478> have inherited <05157> (8692) every man <0376> his inheritance <05159>.
32:19 For we will not inherit <05157> (8799) with them on yonder side <05676> Jordan <03383>, or forward <01973>; because our inheritance <05159> is fallen <0935> (8804) to us on this side <05676> Jordan <03383> eastward <04217>.
32:20 And Moses <04872> said <0559> (8799) unto them, If ye will do <06213> (8799) this thing <01697>, if ye will go armed <02502> (8735) before <06440> the LORD <03068> to war <04421>,
32:21 And will go <05674> (0) all of you armed <02502> (8803) over <05674> (8804) Jordan <03383> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, until he hath driven out <03423> (8687) his enemies <0341> (8802) from before <06440> him,
32:22 And the land <0776> be subdued <03533> (8738) before <06440> the LORD <03068>: then afterward <0310> ye shall return <07725> (8799), and be guiltless <05355> before the LORD <03068>, and before Israel <03478>; and this land <0776> shall be your possession <0272> before <06440> the LORD <03068>.
32:23 But if ye will not do so <06213> (8799), behold, ye have sinned <02398> (8804) against the LORD <03068>: and be sure <03045> (8798) your sin <02403> will find you out <04672> (8799).
32:24 Build <01129> (8798) you cities <05892> for your little ones <02945>, and folds <01448> for your sheep <06792>; and do <06213> (8799) that which hath proceeded <03318> (8802) out of your mouth <06310>.
32:25 And the children <01121> of Gad <01410> and the children <01121> of Reuben <07205> spake <0559> (8799) unto Moses <04872>, saying <0559> (8800), Thy servants <05650> will do <06213> (8799) as my lord <0113> commandeth <06680> (8764).
32:26 Our little ones <02945>, our wives <0802>, our flocks <04735>, and all our cattle <0929>, shall be there in the cities <05892> of Gilead <01568>:
32:27 But thy servants <05650> will pass over <05674> (8799), every man armed <02502> (8803) for war <06635>, before <06440> the LORD <03068> to battle <04421>, as my lord <0113> saith <01696> (8802).
