Numbers 32–33

¹And much cattle hath been to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad, very many; and they see the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, and lo, the place is a place for cattle; ²and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Reuben, come in and speak unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the company, saying: ³‘Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon— ⁴the land which Jehovah hath smitten before the company of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.’ ⁵And they say, ‘If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.’ ⁶And Moses saith to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, ‘Do your brethren go in to the battle, and ye—do ye sit here? ⁷and why discourage ye the heart of the sons of Israel from passing over unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them?

⁸‘Thus did your fathers in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land; ⁹and they go up unto the valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go in unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them; ¹⁰and the anger of Jehovah burneth in that day, and He sweareth, saying, ¹¹They do not see—the men who are coming up out of Egypt from a son of twenty years and upward—the ground which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, for they have not been fully after Me; ¹²save Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they have been fully after Jehovah; ¹³and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He causeth them to wander in the wilderness forty years, until the consumption of all the generation which is doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.

¹⁴‘And lo, ye have risen in the stead of your fathers, an increase of men—sinners, to add yet to the fury of the anger of Jehovah toward Israel; ¹⁵when ye turn back from after Him, then He hath added yet to leave him in the wilderness, and ye have done corruptly to all this people.’

¹⁶And they come nigh unto him, and say, ‘Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants; ¹⁷and we—we are armed hasting before the sons of Israel till that we have brought them in unto their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defence because of the inhabitants of the land; ¹⁸we do not turn back unto our houses till the sons of Israel have inherited each his inheritance, ¹⁹for we do not inherit with them beyond the Jordan and yonder, for our inheritance hath come unto us beyond the Jordan at the sun -rising.’ ²⁰And Moses saith unto them, ‘If ye do this thing: if ye are armed before Jehovah for battle, ²¹and every armed one of you hath passed over the Jordan before Jehovah, till his dispossessing His enemies from before Him, ²²and the land hath been subdued before Jehovah—then afterwards ye do turn back, and have been acquitted by Jehovah, and by Israel; and this land hath been to you for a possession before Jehovah.

²³‘And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you; ²⁴build for yourselves cities for your infants, and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth do ye.’ ²⁵And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak unto Moses, saying, ‘Thy servants do as my lord is commanding; ²⁶our infants, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead, ²⁷and thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.’

²⁸And Moses commandeth concerning them Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel; ²⁹and Moses saith unto them, ‘If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben pass over with you the Jordan, every one armed for battle, before Jehovah, and the land hath been subdued before you, then ye have given to them the land of Gilead for a possession; ³⁰and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.’ ³¹And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, ‘That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants—so we do; ³²we—we pass over armed before Jehovah to the land of Canaan, and with us is the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.’ ³³And Moses giveth to them, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the land round about. ³⁴And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, ³⁵and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, ³⁶and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds. ³⁷And the sons of Reuben have build Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, ³⁸and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by these names the names of the cities which they have built. ³⁹And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who is in it; ⁴⁰and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it. ⁴¹And Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them ‘Towns of Jair;’ ⁴²and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name.

Chapter 33

¹These are journeys of the sons of Israel who have come out of the land of Egypt, by their hosts, by the hand of Moses and Aaron; ²and Moses writeth their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command of Jehovah; and these are their journeys, by their outgoings: ³And they journey from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow of the passover have the sons of Israel gone out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians— ⁴and the Egyptians are burying those whom Jehovah hath smitten among them, every first-born, and on their gods hath Jehovah done judgments— ⁵and the sons of Israel journey from Rameses, and encamp in Succoth. ⁶And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which is in the extremity of the wilderness; ⁷and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which is on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol. ⁸And they journey from Pi-Hahiroth, and pass over through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and go a journey of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and encamp in Marah. ⁹And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim are twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there; ¹⁰and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea. ¹¹And they journey from the Red Sea, and encamp in the wilderness of Sin; ¹²and they journey from the wilderness of Sin, and encamp in Dophkah. ¹³And they journey from Dophkah, and encamp in Alush; ¹⁴and they journey from Alush, and encamp in Rephidim; and there was there no water for the people to drink. ¹⁵And they journey from Rephidim, and encamp in the wilderness of Sinai; ¹⁶and they journey from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in Kibroth-Hattaavah. ¹⁷And they journey from Kibroth-Hattaavah, and encamp in Hazeroth; ¹⁸and they journey from Hazeroth, and encamp in Rithmah. ¹⁹And they journey from Rithmah, and encamp in Rimmon-Parez; ²⁰and they journey from Rimmon-Parez, and encamp in Libnah. ²¹And they journey from Libnah, and encamp in Rissah; ²²and they journey from Rissah, and encamp in Kehelathah. ²³And they journey from Kehelathah, and encamp in mount Shapher; ²⁴and they journey from mount Shapher, and encamp in Haradah. ²⁵And they journey from Haradah, and encamp in Makheloth; ²⁶and they journey from Makheloth, and encamp in Tahath. ²⁷And they journey from Tahath, and encamp in Tarah; ²⁸and they journey from Tarah, and encamp in Mithcah. ²⁹And they journey from Mithcah, and encamp in Hashmonah; ³⁰and they journey from Hashmonah, and encamp in Moseroth. ³¹And they journey from Moseroth, and encamp in Bene-Jaakan; ³²and they journey from Bene-Jaakan, and encamp at Hor-Hagidgad. ³³And they journey from Hor-Hagidgad, and encamp in Jotbathah; ³⁴and they journey from Jotbathah, and encamp in Ebronah. ³⁵And they journey from Ebronah, and encamp in Ezion-Gaber; ³⁶and they journey from Ezion-Gaber, and encamp in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. ³⁷And they journey from Kadesh, and encamp in mount Hor, in the extremity of the land of Edom. ³⁸And Aaron the priest goeth up unto mount Hor, by the command of Jehovah, and dieth there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month; ³⁹and Aaron is a son of a hundred and twenty and three years in his dying in mount Hor. ⁴⁰And the Canaanite—king Arad—who is dwelling in the south, in the land of Canaan, heareth of the coming of the sons of Israel. ⁴¹And they journey from mount Hor, and encamp in Zalmonah; ⁴²and they journey from Zalmonah, and encamp in Punon. ⁴³And they journey from Punon, and encamp in Oboth; ⁴⁴and they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the border of Moab. ⁴⁵And they journey from Iim, and encamp in Dibon-Gad; ⁴⁶and they journey from Dibon-Gad, and encamp in Almon-Diblathaim. ⁴⁷And they journey from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamp in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo; ⁴⁸and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho. ⁴⁹And they encamp by the Jordan from Beth-Jeshimoth, unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.

⁵⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying, ⁵¹‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan unto the land of Canaan, ⁵²then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay…