Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 32

Num 32:1 And the children of Re’uḇĕn and the children of Gaḏ had much
livestock, a large number. And they saw the land of Ya‛zĕr and the land of
Gil‛aḏ and saw that the place was a place for livestock.
Num 32:2 So the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn came and
spoke to Mosheh, and to El‛azar the priest, and to the leaders of the
congregation, saying,
Num 32:3 “Ataroth, and Diḇon, and Ya‛zĕr, and Nimrah, and Ḥeshbon, and
El‛alĕh, and Seḇam, and Neḇo, and Be‛on,
Num 32:4 the land which יהוה had smitten before the congregation of
Yisra’ĕl, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”
Num 32:5 And they said, “If we have found favour in your eyes, let this land
be given to your servants as a possession, and do not let us pass over the
Yardĕn.”
Num 32:6 And Mosheh said to the children of Gaḏ and to the children of
Re’uḇĕn, “Are your brothers to go into the battle while you yourselves sit
here?
Num 32:7 “Now why do you discourage the heart of the children of Yisra’ĕl
from passing over into the land which יהוה has given them?
Num 32:8 “Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Qaḏĕsh
Barnĕa to see the land.
Num 32:9 “For when they went up to the wadi Eshkol and saw the land, they
discouraged the heart of the children of Yisra’ĕl, so that they did not go into
the land which יהוה had given them.
Num 32:10 “Then the displeasure of יהוה burned on that day, and He swore
an oath, saying,
Num 32:11 ‘Not one of the men who came up from Mitsrayim, from twenty
years old and above, is to see the land of which I swore to Aḇraham,
Yitsḥaq, and Ya‛aqoḇ, because they did not follow Me completely,
Num 32:12 except Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh, the Qenizzite, and Yehoshua son
of Nun, for they have followed יהוה completely.’
Num 32:13 “So the displeasure of יהוה burned against Yisra’ĕl, and He made
them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had
done evil in the eyes of יהוה was destroyed.
Num 32:14 “And see, you have risen in your father’s place, an increase of
men, sinners, to add still more the burning displeasure of יהוה against
Yisra’ĕl.
Num 32:15 “For if you turn away from following Him, He shall once again
leave them in the wilderness, and you shall destroy all these people.”
Num 32:16 Then they came near to him and said, “Let us build sheep-
enclosures here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,
Num 32:17 but let us ourselves be armed, hastening before the children of
Yisra’ĕl until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall
dwell in the walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Num 32:18 “We shall not return to our homes until every one of the children
of Yisra’ĕl has received his inheritance.
Num 32:19 “For we shall not inherit with them on the other side of the
Yardĕn and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern
side of the Yardĕn.”
Num 32:20 And Mosheh said to them, “If you make this promise: if you arm
yourselves before יהוה for battle,
Num 32:21 and all your armed ones pass over the Yardĕn before יהוה until
He has driven out His enemies from before Him,
Num 32:22 and the land has been subdued before יהוה, then afterward you
shall return, and be guiltless before יהוה and before Yisra’ĕl. And this land
shall be your possession before יהוה.
Num 32:23 “But if you do not do so, then see, you shall sin against יהוה, and
know: your sin is going to find you out.
Num 32:24 “Build cities for your little ones and enclosures for your sheep,
and do what you have promised.”
Num 32:25 And the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn spoke to
Mosheh, saying, “Your servants are going to do as my master commands.
Num 32:26 “Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock are
going to be there in the cities of Gil‛aḏ,
Num 32:27 but your servants are passing over, every armed one of the army,
before יהוה, to battle, as my master says.”
Num 32:28 And Mosheh gave command concerning them to El‛azar the
priest, to Yehoshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of
the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Num 32:29 And Mosheh said to them, “If the children of Gaḏ and the
children of Re’uḇĕn pass over the Yardĕn with you, every man armed for
battle before יהוה, and the land has been subdued before you, then you shall
give them the land of Gil‛aḏ as a possession.
Num 32:30 “But if they do not pass over armed with you, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Kena‛an.”
Num 32:31 Then the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn answered,
saying, “As יהוה has said to your servants, so we do.
Num 32:32 “We ourselves are passing over armed before יהוה into the land
of Kena‛an, but the possession of our inheritance remains with us beyond the
Yardĕn.”
Num 32:33 So Mosheh gave to the children of Gaḏ, to the children of
Re’uḇĕn, and to half the tribe of Menashsheh, son of Yosĕph, the reign of
Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites and the reign of Oḡ sovereign of Bashan, the
land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the land round about.
Num 32:34 And the children of Gaḏ built Diḇon and Ataroth and Aro‛ĕr,
Num 32:35 and Atroth, Shophan and Ya‛zĕr and Yoḡbehah,
Num 32:36 and Bĕyth Nimrah and Bĕyth Haran, walled cities, and
enclosures for sheep.
Num 32:37 And the children of Re’uḇĕn built Ḥeshbon and El‛alĕh and
Qiryathayim,
Num 32:38 Neḇo and Ba‛al Me‛on – the names being changed – and
Shiḇmah. And they gave other names to the cities which they built.
Num 32:39 And the sons of Maḵir son of Menashsheh went to Gil‛aḏ and
took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
Num 32:40 So Mosheh gave Gil‛aḏ to Maḵir, son of Menashsheh, and he
dwelt in it.
Num 32:41 And Ya’ir son of Menashsheh went and took its small towns, and
called them Ḥawoth Ya’ir.
Num 32:42 And Noḇaḥ went and took Qenath and its villages, and he called
it Noḇaḥ, after his own name.