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Now the Reubenites and the Gadites owned a very great number of cattle. When they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle,
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the Gadites and the Reubenites came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
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"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon--
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the land that the
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But Moses said to the Gadites and to the Reubenites, "Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
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Why will you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from going over into the land that the
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Then they came up to him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and towns for our little ones,
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but we will take up arms as a vanguard 1 before the Israelites, until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our little ones will stay in the fortified towns because of the inhabitants of the land.
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We will not return to our homes until all the Israelites have obtained their inheritance.
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We will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east."
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So Moses said to them, "If you do this--if you take up arms to go before the
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So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the ancestral houses of the Israelite tribes.
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And Moses said to them, "If the Gadites and the Reubenites, everyone armed for battle before the
33 Moses gave to them--to the Gadites and to the Reubenites and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph--the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites and the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, the land and its towns, with the territories of the surrounding towns. 34 And the Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38 Nebo, and Baal-meon (some names being changed), and Sibmah; and they gave names to the towns that they rebuilt. 39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were there; 40 so Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled there. 41 Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and renamed them Havvoth-jair. 3 42 And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and renamed it Nobah after himself.