14."And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel. 15.If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all his people in the desert, and you will be the cause of their destruction." 16.Then they came up to him and said, "We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children. 17.But we are ready to arm ourselves and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land. 18.We will not return to our homes until every Israelites has received his inheritance. 19.We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan." 20.Then Moses said to them, "If you will do this- if you arm yourselves before the Lord for battle, 21.and if all of you will go armed over the Jordan before the Lord until he has driven is enemies out before him- 22.then when the land is subdued before the Lord, you may return and be free from your obligtion to the Lord and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the Lord. 23."But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out. 24.Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised." 25.The Gadites are Reubenites said to Moses, "We your servants will do as our lord commands. 26.Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead. 27.But your servants, every man armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the Lord, just as our lord says." 28.Then Moses gave oders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes. 29.He said to them, "If the Gadites and Reubenites, every men armed for battle, corss over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, give them the land of Gilead as their possession. 30.But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan." 31.The Gadites and Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the Lord has said. 32.We will cross over before the Lord into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan." 33.Then Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amoroties and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan- the whole land with its cities and the territory around them. 34.The Gadites buikt up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35.Atroth Shophan, Jazar, Jogbehah, 36.Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks. 37.And the Reubenites rebulit Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim 38.as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt. 39.The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there. 40.So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. 41.Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlments and called them Havvoth Jair. 42.And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.
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