Numbers 32

[1] Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great

multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of

Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

[2] The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto

Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation,

saying,

[3] Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and

Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

[4] Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel,

is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

[5] Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land

be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

[6] And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben,

Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

[7] And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from

going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

[8] Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the

land.

[9] For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they

discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go

into the land which the LORD had given them.

[10] And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

[11] Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old

and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and

unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

[12] Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of

Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

[13] And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them

wander in the wilderness fourty years, until all the generation, that had

done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

[14] And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of

sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

[15] For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the

wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

[16] And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here

for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

[17] But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel,

until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell

in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

[18] We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have

inherited every man his inheritance.

[19] For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward;

because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

[20] And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed

before the LORD to war,

[21] And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath

driven out his enemies from before him,

[22] And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall

return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land

shall be your possession before the LORD.

[23] But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and

be sure your sin will find you out.

[24] Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do

that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

[25] And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses,

saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

[26] Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be

there in the cities of Gilead:

[27] But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the

LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

[28] So 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:

[29] And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of

Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the

LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the

land of Gilead for a possession:

[30] But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have

possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

[31] And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As

the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

[32] We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that

the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

[33] And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the

children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph,

the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of

Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of

the country round about.

[34] And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

[35] And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

[36] And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

[37] And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

[38] And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and

gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

[39] And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took

it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

[40] And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt

therein.

[41] And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and

called them Havoth-jair.

[42] And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it

Nobah, after his own name.



(The Battle belongs to the Lord)



NUMBERS 33



Recounting Israel's Journey



1 (Ps 77:20; Mic 6:4) These are the journeys of the children of Israel,

who went out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand

of Moses and Aaron.

2 (Nu 9:17-23) Moses recorded the starting points of their journeys

at the command of the Lord. These are their journeys according

to their starting points.

3 (Ex 14:8; 12:37) They set out from Rameses in the first month,

on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover

the children of Israel went out with a high hand

in the sight of all the Egyptians,

4 (Ex 12:12; Isa 19:1) because the Egyptians buried all their firstborn,

whom the Lord had killed among them. Upon their gods the Lord

executed judgments.

5 (Ex 12:37) The children of Israel set out from Rameses

and camped in Sukkoth.

6 (Ex 13:20) They set out from Sukkoth and camped in Etham,

which is on the edge of the wilderness.

7 (Ex 14:2; 14:9) They set out from Etham and turned to Pi Hahiroth,

which is before Baal Zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

8 They set out from before Pi Hahiroth, and passed through the midst

of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey

in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah.

9 (Ex 15:27) They set out from Marah, and came to Elim, and in Elim

were twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10 They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

11 (Ex 16:1) They set out from the Red Sea and camped

in the Wilderness of Sin.

12 They set out from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.

13 They set out from Dophkah and camped in Alush.

14 They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim,

where there was no water for the people to drink.

15 (Ex 19:1-2) They set out from Rephidim and camped

in the Wilderness of Sinai.

16 (Nu 11:34) They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped

at Kibroth Hattaavah.

17 (Nu 11:35) They set out from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18 (Nu 12:16) They set out from Hazeroth and camped in Rithmah.

19 They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

20 They set out from Rimmon Perez and camped in Libnah.

21 They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22 They set out from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah.

23 They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24 They set out from Mount Shepher and camped in Haradah.

25 They set out from Haradah and camped in Makheloth.

26 They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27 They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28 They set out from Terah and camped in Mithkah.

29 They went from Mithkah and camped in Hashmonah.

30 They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31 (Dt 10:6) They set out from Moseroth and camped in Bene Jaakan.

32 (Dt 10:7) They set out from Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

33 (Dt 10:7) They set out from Hor Haggidgad and camped in Jotbathah.

34 They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35 (Dt 2:8; 1Ki 9:26) They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.

36 (Nu 20:1; 27:14) They set out from Ezion Geber and camped

in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

37 (Nu 21:4; 20:22-23) They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor,

at the edge of the land of Edom.

38 (Dt 10:6; 32:50) Aaron the priest went up onto Mount Hor at the word

of the Lord and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel

came out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40 King Arad the Canaanite, who lived in the south in the land of Canaan,

heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

41 They set out from Mount Hor and camped in Zalmonah.

42 They set out from Zalmonah and camped in Punon.

43 (Nu 21:10) They set out from Punon and camped in Oboth.

44 (Nu 21:11) They set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim,

on the border of Moab.

45 They set out from Iye Abarim and camped in Dibon Gad.

46 They set out from Dibon Gad and camped in Almon Diblathaim.

47 (Dt 32:49) They set out from Almon Diblathaim

and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 (Nu 22:1) They set out from the mountains of Abarim

and camped in the plains of Moab near Jordan of Jericho.

49 They camped by Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth

to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.

Instructions for Conquering Canaan

50 The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho,

saying:

51 (Jos 3:17; Dt 9:1) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:

When you are crossing over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 (Ex 23:24; Lev 26:1) then you will drive out all the inhabitants

of the land from before you, and destroy all their carved images,

and destroy all their molded images, and destroy all their high places,

53 and you will drive out the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it,

because I have given you the land to inherit it.

54 (Nu 26:53-56) You will possess the land by lot for an inheritance

among your families, and to the larger you will give the larger inheritance,

and to the smaller you will give the smaller inheritance. Every man's

inheritance will be in the place where his lot falls. By the tribes of your

fathers you will inherit.

55 (Jdg 2:3) But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from

before you, then those whom you let remain will be like thorns in your

eyes and thorns in your sides. They will show hostility to you in the land

in which you live.

56 (Dt 28:63) And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.