Numbers 32
1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of a Jazer and the land of b Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock,
2
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
3
"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, c Nimrah, d Heshbon, Elealeh, e Shebam, Nebo, and f Beon,
4
"the country g which the LORD defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
5
Therefore they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan."
6
And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: "Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here?
7
"Now why will you h discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
8
"Thus your fathers did i when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea j to see the land.
9
"For k when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they did not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
10
l "So the LORD's anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
11
'Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, m from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because n they have not wholly followed Me,
12
'except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, o for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
13
"So the LORD's anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them p wander in the wilderness forty years, until q all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.
14
"And look! You have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the r fierce anger of the LORD against Israel.
15
"For if you s turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people."
16
Then they came near to him and said: "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,
17
"but t we ourselves will be armed, ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18
u "We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance.
19
"For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, v because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan."
20
Then w Moses said to them: "If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before the LORD for the war,
21
"and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the LORD until He has driven out His enemies from before Him,
22
"and x the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward y you may return and be blameless before the LORD and before Israel; and z this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
23
"But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure a your sin will find you out.
24
b "Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what has proceeded out of your mouth."
25
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying: "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26
c "Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead;
27
d "but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, just as my lord says."
28
So Moses gave command e concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29
And Moses said to them: "If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
30
"But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
31
Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: "As the LORD has said to your servants, so we will do.
32
"We will cross over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan."
33
So f Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, g the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
34
And the children of Gad built h Dibon and Ataroth and i Aroer,
35
Atroth and Shophan and j Jazer and Jogbehah,
36
k Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, l fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
37
And the children of Reuben built m Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim,
38
n Nebo and o Baal Meon p (their names being changed ) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
39
And the children of q Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
40
So Moses r gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.
41
Also s Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them t Havoth Jair.
42
Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
-
Cross References
Numbers 21:32
Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Joshua 13:25
Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah.
2 Samuel 24:5
And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward Jazer.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:13
The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants.
-
Cross References
Numbers 32:36
Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
-
Cross References
Joshua 13:17
Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon.
Joshua 13:26
And from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir.
-
Cross References
Numbers 32:38
Nebo and Baal Meon ( their names being changed ) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
-
Cross References
Numbers 32:38
Nebo and Baal Meon ( their names being changed ) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
-
Cross References
Numbers 21:24
Then Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified.
Numbers 21:34
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
Numbers 21:35
So they defeated him, his sons, and all his people, until there was no survivor left him; and they took possession of his land.
-
Cross References
Numbers 13:27
Then they told him, and said: "We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Numbers 14:4
So they said to one another, "Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.
-
Cross References
Numbers 13:3
So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
Numbers 13:26
Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:19 - 25
So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the LORD our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea.
-
Cross References
Numbers 13:24
The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.
Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
Deuteronomy 1:24
And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
Deuteronomy 1:28
'Where can we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, "The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there."'
-
Cross References
Numbers 14:11
Then the LORD said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?
Deuteronomy 1:34 - 36
And the LORD heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying.
-
Cross References
Numbers 14:28
Say to them, 'As I live,' says the LORD, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:
Numbers 14:29
The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.
Numbers 26:63 - 65
These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Deuteronomy 1:35
Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I swore to give to your fathers.
-
Cross References
Numbers 14:24
But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.
Numbers 14:30
Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.
-
Cross References
Numbers 14:6 - 9
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of ...
Numbers 14:24
But My servant Caleb, because he has a differen...
Numbers 14:30
Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshu...
Deuteronomy 1:36
'except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall se...
Joshua 14:8
Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me ma...
Joshua 14:9
"So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely th...
-
Cross References
Numbers 14:33 - 35
And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.
-
Cross References
Numbers 26:64
But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers 26:65
For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
-
Cross References
Numbers 11:1
Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.
Deuteronomy 1:34
And the LORD heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:17
But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them.
Deuteronomy 30:18
I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess.
Joshua 22:16 - 18
Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD: 'What treachery is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel this day against the LORD?
2 Chronicles 7:19
But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
-
Cross References
Joshua 4:12
And the men of Reuben, the men of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them.
Joshua 4:13
About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho.
-
Cross References
Joshua 22:1 - 4
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
-
Cross References
Joshua 12:1
These are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel defeated, and whose land they possessed on the other side of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the eastern Jordan plain:
Joshua 13:8
With the other half-tribe the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses had given them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD had given them:
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:18
Then I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel.
Joshua 1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:20
'until the LORD has given rest to your brethren as to you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.'
Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.
-
Cross References
Joshua 22:4
And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:12
And this land, which we possessed at that time,...
Deuteronomy 3:15
Also I gave Gilead to Machir.
Deuteronomy 3:16
And to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave fr...
Deuteronomy 3:18
Then I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The...
Joshua 1:15
"until the LORD has given your brethren rest, a...
Joshua 13:8
With the other half-tribe the Reubenites and th...
Joshua 13:32
These are the areas which Moses had distributed...
Joshua 22:4
And now the LORD your God has given rest to you...
Joshua 22:9
So the children of Reuben, the children of Gad,...
-
Cross References
Genesis 4:7
"If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."
Genesis 44:16
Then Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.
Joshua 7:1 - 26
But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the LORD burned against the children of Israel.
Isaiah 59:12
For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And as for our iniquities, we know them:
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
-
Cross References
Numbers 32:16
Then they came near to him and said: "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones.
-
Cross References
Joshua 1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them.
-
Cross References
Joshua 4:12
And the men of Reuben, the men of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them.
-
Cross References
Joshua 1:13
"Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.'
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:8 - 17
And at that time we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon
Deuteronomy 29:8
We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 12:1 - 6
These are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel defeated, and whose land they possessed on the other side of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the eastern Jordan plain:
Joshua 13:8 - 31
With the other half-tribe the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses had given them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD had given them:
Joshua 22:4
And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
-
Cross References
Numbers 21:24
Then Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified.
Numbers 21:33
And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. So Og king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
Numbers 21:35
So they defeated him, his sons, and all his people, until there was no survivor left him; and they took possession of his land.
-
Cross References
Numbers 33:45
They departed from Ijim and camped at Dibon Gad.
Numbers 33:46
They moved from Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from the city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all to us.
-
Cross References
Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock.
Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon.
-
Cross References
Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon.
-
Cross References
Numbers 32:24
"Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what has proceeded out of your mouth."
-
Cross References
Numbers 21:27
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say: "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; Let the city of Sihon be repaired.
-
Cross References
Isaiah 46:1
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast.
-
Cross References
Ezekiel 25:9
Therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.
-
Cross References
Exodus 23:13
And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.
Joshua 23:7
And lest you go among these nations, these who remain among you. You shall not make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them; you shall not serve them nor bow down to them.
-
Cross References
Genesis 50:23
Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knees.
Numbers 27:1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 36:1
Now the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:12
And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.
Deuteronomy 3:13
The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants.
Deuteronomy 3:15
Also I gave Gilead to Machir.
Joshua 13:31
Half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Machir according to their families.
-
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and called Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair, to this day.)
Joshua 13:30
Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, sixty cities.
-
Cross References
Judges 10:4
Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called "Havoth Jair" to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
1 Kings 4:13
BenGeber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan - sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.