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Numbers
Chapter 32
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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
spoke 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 Jehovah/God smote
before
the congregation of Israel,
is
a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.
5
Therefore, said they, if we have found grace in your sight,
let
this land be given unto your servants for a possession,
and
bring us not over Jordan.
{Draft
Dodgers Hurt the Nation}
6-7~~And
Moses said unto the children of Gad
and
to the children of Reuben,
"Shall
your brothers/'fellow citizens' go to war,
while
you sit here? 7~~
Now
you are discouraging the army of Israel
{idiom. the heart of the children of Israel'}
from
going over into the land which Jehovah/God has 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
Jehovah/God had given them.
10
And Jehovah/God's anger was kindled the same time,
and
He swore, 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 swore
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 Jehovah/God.
13
And Jehovah/God's anger was kindled against Israel,
and
He made them wander in the desert forty years,
until
all the generation,
that
had done evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
was
consumed.
14~~And,
behold, you are risen up
in
your fathers' place,
a
brood of sinful men,
to
add still more to the burning anger of Jehovah/God
toward
Israel.
15
For if you turn away from after Him,
He
will yet again leave them in the desert;
and
you 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.
{It
is a Sin to NOT go to War when your Country has a Need}
20-23~~And
Moses said unto them,
"If
you will do this thing . . .
if
you will arm yourself before Jehovah/God to go to war, 21~~
and
will go all of you armed over Jordan before Jehovah/God,
until
He has driven out his enemies from before him, 22~~
and
the land be subdued before Jehovah/God,
then
afterward you shall return,
and
be guiltless before Jehovah/God,
and
before Israel
and
this land shall be your possession
before
Jehovah/God . . .23~~
but
if you will not do so,
behold,
you have sinned against Jehovah/God
and
be sure . . . your sin will find you out."
{the sin here is cowardness - the sin of NOT serving in the military
on behalf of YOUR God!}
24
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;
and
do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.
25
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
spoke
unto Moses, saying,
Your
servants will do as my Jehovah/God commands.
26
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,
shall
be there in the cities of Gilead.
27
But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war,
before
Jehovah/God to battle, as my Jehovah/God said.
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
Jehovah/God, and the land shall be subdued before you;
then
you 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
Jehovah/God has said unto your servants, so will we do.
32
We will pass over armed before Jehovah/God
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
Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities.
And
folds for sheep.
37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon,
and
Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38
and
Nebo, and Baalmeon,
(their
names being changed,)
and
Shibmah.
And
gave other names unto the cities which they built.
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 Havothjair.
42
And Nobah went and took Kenath,
and
the villages thereof,
and
called it Nobah,
after
his own name.
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