Numbers 32:1-19

1Now the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 had a veryH3966 greatH6099 multitudeH7227 of cattleH4735: and when they sawH7200 the landH776 of JazerH3270, and the landH776 of GileadH1568, that, behold, the placeH4725 was a placeH4725 for cattleH4735; 2The childrenH1121 of GadH1410 and the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 cameH935 and spakeH559 unto MosesH4872, and to EleazarH499 the priestH3548, and unto the princesH5387 of the congregationH5712, sayingH559, 3AtarothH5852, and DibonH1769, and JazerH3270, and NimrahH5247, and HeshbonH2809, and ElealehH500, and ShebamH7643, and NeboH5015, and BeonH1194,123 4Even the countryH776 which YhwhH3068 smoteH5221 beforeH6440 the congregationH5712 of IsraelH3478, is a landH776 for cattleH4735, and thy servantsH5650 have cattleH4735: 5Wherefore, saidH559 they, if we have foundH4672 graceH2580 in thy sightH5869, let this landH776 be givenH5414 unto thy servantsH5650 for a possessionH272, and bring us not overH5674 JordanH3383.

6And MosesH4872 saidH559 unto the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 and to the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205, Shall your brethrenH251 goH935 to warH4421, and shall ye sitH3427 here? 7And wherefore discourage yeH5106 the heartH3820 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 from going overH5674 into the landH776 which YhwhH3068 hath givenH5414 them?4 8Thus didH6213 your fathersH1, when I sentH7971 them from Kadesh–barneaH6947 to seeH7200 the landH776. 9For when they went upH5927 unto the valleyH5158 of EshcolH812, and sawH7200 the landH776, they discouragedH5106 the heartH3820 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, that they should not goH935 into the landH776 which YhwhH3068 had givenH5414 them. 10And Yhwh'sH3068 angerH639 was kindledH2734 the same timeH3117, and he swareH7650, sayingH559, 11SurelyH518 none of the menH582 that came upH5927 out of EgyptH4714, from twentyH6242 yearsH8141 oldH1121 and upwardH4605, shall seeH7200 the landH127 which I swareH7650 unto AbrahamH85, unto IsaacH3327, and unto JacobH3290; because they have not whollyH4390 followedH310 me:5 12Save CalebH3612 the sonH1121 of JephunnehH3312 the KeneziteH7074, and JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126: for they have whollyH4390 followedH310 YhwhH3068. 13And Yhwh'sH3068 angerH639 was kindledH2734 against IsraelH3478, and he made them wanderH5128 in the wildernessH4057 fortyH705 yearsH8141, until all the generationH1755, that had doneH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of YhwhH3068, was consumedH8552. 14And, behold, ye are risen upH6965 in your fathers’H1 stead, an increaseH8635 of sinfulH2400 menH582, to augmentH5595 yet the fierceH2740 angerH639 of YhwhH3068 toward IsraelH3478. 15For if ye turn awayH7725 from afterH310 him, he will yet againH3254 leaveH3240 them in the wildernessH4057; and ye shall destroyH7843 all this peopleH5971.

16And they came nearH5066 unto him, and saidH559, We will buildH1129 sheepfoldsH6629H1448 here for our cattleH4735, and citiesH5892 for our little onesH2945: 17But we ourselvesH587 will go readyH2363 armedH2502 beforeH6440 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, until we have broughtH935 them unto their placeH4725: and our little onesH2945 shall dwellH3427 in the fencedH4013 citiesH5892 becauseH6440 of the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776. 18We will not returnH7725 unto our housesH1004, until the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 have inheritedH5157 every manH376 his inheritanceH5159. 19For we will not inheritH5157 with them on yonder sideH5676 JordanH3383, or forwardH1973; because our inheritanceH5159 is fallenH935 to us on this sideH5676 JordanH3383 eastwardH4217.