Numbers 32–33

Chapter 32

¹And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had much cattle, a very great multitude; and they saw the land of Jaazer, and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle. ²And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the assembly, saying, ³Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jaazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, ⁴the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle; ⁵and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan. ⁶And Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye abide here? ⁷And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them? ⁸Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land: ⁹they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, and discouraged the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land that Jehovah had given them. ¹⁰And Jehovah’s anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying, ¹¹If the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob! for they have not wholly followed me; ¹²save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed Jehovah. ¹³And Jehovah’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation was consumed that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah. ¹⁴And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, a progeny of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel. ¹⁵If ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

¹⁶And they drew near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones; ¹⁷but we ourselves will go with diligence armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the strong cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁸We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited each one his inheritance. ¹⁹For we will not inherit with them on yonder side the Jordan, and further, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side the Jordan eastward. ²⁰And Moses said to them, If ye do this thing, if ye arm yourselves before Jehovah for war, ²¹and all of you that are armed go over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he have dispossessed his enemies from before him, ²²and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and afterwards ye return, ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel, and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah. ²³But if ye do not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and be sure your sin will find you out. ²⁴Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, and do that which has gone out of your mouth. ²⁵And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commands. ²⁶Our little ones, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead; ²⁷but thy servants will pass over, every one armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord says.

²⁸So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel. ²⁹And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben pass with you over the Jordan, every one armed for battle, before Jehovah, and the land be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession; ³⁰but if they do not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. ³¹And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah has said to thy servants, so will we do. ³²We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance on this side the Jordan shall be ours. ³³And Moses gave to them, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities and territories, the cities of the land round about. ³⁴And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, ³⁵and Atroth-Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbebah, ³⁶and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and sheepfolds. ³⁷—And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Kirjathaim, ³⁸and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built. ³⁹—And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and they dispossessed the Amorites that were therein. ⁴⁰And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. ⁴¹And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their hamlets, and called them Havoth-Jair. ⁴²And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its dependent villages, and called it Nobah, after his name.

Chapter 33

¹These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went forth out of the land of Egypt according to their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. ²And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah; and these are their journeys according to their goings out. ³They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. ⁴And the Egyptians buried those whom Jehovah had smitten among them, all the firstborn; and upon their gods Jehovah executed judgments. ⁵And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth. ⁶And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness. ⁷And they removed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-Zephon, and encamped before Migdol. ⁸And they removed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. ⁹And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there. ¹⁰And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. ¹¹And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. ¹²And they removed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. ¹³And they removed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. ¹⁴And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. ¹⁵And they removed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. ¹⁶And they removed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped at Kibroth-hattaavah. ¹⁷And they removed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. ¹⁸And they removed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. ¹⁹And they removed from Rithmah, and encamped at Rimmon-perez. ²⁰And they removed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah. ²¹And they removed from Libnah, and encamped at Rissah. ²²And they removed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. ²³And they removed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shapher. ²⁴And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. ²⁵And they removed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. ²⁶And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. ²⁷And they removed from Tahath, and encamped at Terah. ²⁸And they removed from Terah, and encamped in Mithcah. ²⁹And they removed from Mithcah, and encamped in Hashmonah. ³⁰And they removed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth. ³¹And they removed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-Jaakan. ³²And they removed from Bene-Jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. ³³And they removed from Hor-hagidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. ³⁴And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Abronah. ³⁵And they removed from Abronah, and encamped at Ezion-geber. ³⁶And they removed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. ³⁷And they removed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the border of the land of Edom. ³⁸And Aaron the priest went up mount Hor by the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month. ³⁹And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on mount Hor. ⁴⁰And the Canaanite, the king of Arad who dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. ⁴¹And they removed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. ⁴²And they removed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. ⁴³And they removed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. ⁴⁴And they removed from Oboth, and encamped in Ijim-Abarim, in the border of Moab. ⁴⁵And they removed from Ijim, and encamped in Dibon-Gad. ⁴⁶And they removed from Dibon-Gad, and encamped in Almon-Diblathaim. ⁴⁷And they removed from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. ⁴⁸And they removed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho. ⁴⁹And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.

⁵⁰And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying, ⁵¹Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵²then ye shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from…