The Tribes East of the Jordan (Deuteronomy 3:12–22; Joshua 13:8–14)
1 Brenton And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle: BSB BSB: Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
2 Brenton and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, BSB BSB: So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
3 Brenton Ataroth, and Dæbon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Bæan, BSB BSB: “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4 Brenton the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and thy servants have cattle. BSB BSB: which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”
5 Brenton And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan. BSB BSB: “If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
6 Brenton And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? BSB BSB: But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
7 Brenton And why do ye pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them? BSB BSB: Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
8 Brenton Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land? BSB BSB: This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
9 Brenton and they went up to the valley of the cluster, and spied the land, and turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land, which the Lord gave them. BSB BSB: For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
10 Brenton And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying, BSB BSB: So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
11 Brenton Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I sware to give to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me: BSB BSB: ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—
12 Brenton save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord. BSB BSB: not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
13 Brenton And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct. BSB BSB: The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
14 Brenton Behold, ye are risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel. BSB BSB: Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
15 Brenton For ye will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and ye will sin against this whole congregation. BSB BSB: For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
16 Brenton And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions; BSB BSB: Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
17 Brenton and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land. BSB BSB: But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
18 Brenton We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance. BSB BSB: We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
19 Brenton And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward. BSB BSB: Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
20 Brenton And Moses said to them, If ye will do according to these words, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle, BSB BSB: Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
21 Brenton and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face, BSB BSB: and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,
22 Brenton and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord. BSB BSB: then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.
23 Brenton But if ye will not do so, ye will sin against the Lord; and ye shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you. BSB BSB: But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
24 Brenton And ye shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and ye shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth. BSB BSB: Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
25 Brenton And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as our lord commands. BSB BSB: The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
26 Brenton Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad. BSB BSB: Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
27 Brenton But thy servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as our lord says. BSB BSB: But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
28 Brenton And Moses appointed to them for judges Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of Israel. BSB BSB: So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.
29 Brenton And Moses said to them, If the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you, every one armed for war before the Lord, and ye shall subdue the land before you, then ye shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession. BSB BSB: And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
30 Brenton But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall ye cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan. BSB BSB: But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
31 Brenton And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do. BSB BSB: The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
32 Brenton We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and ye shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan. BSB BSB: We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
33 Brenton And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about. BSB BSB: So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
34 Brenton And the sons of Gad built Dæbon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, BSB BSB: And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35 Brenton and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up, BSB BSB: Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36 Brenton and Namram, and Bætharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep. BSB BSB: Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
37 Brenton And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham, BSB BSB: The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38 Brenton and Beelmeon, surrounded with walls , and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names. BSB BSB: as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
39 Brenton And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who dwelt in it. BSB BSB: The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
40 Brenton And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he dwelt there. BSB BSB: So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
41 Brenton And Jair the son of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair. BSB BSB: Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
42 Brenton And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name. BSB BSB: And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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