Numbers 32:16-42 ¶ Then they came near unto him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones,

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ ¶ Then they came near unto him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones, ¹⁷ but we ourselves will go arm ourselves and go with diligence before the sons 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 sons of Israel have inherited each man his inheritance. ¹⁹ For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan or forward because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of Jordan eastward. ²⁰ Then Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will prepare yourselves to go before the LORD to the war ²¹ and will all pass the Jordan armed before the LORD until he has driven out his enemies from before him ²² and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward ye shall return and be guiltless before the LORD and before Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. ²³ But if ye will not do so, behold, ye shall have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will catch up with you. ²⁴ Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth. ²⁵ And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying, Thy slaves will do as my lord commands. ²⁶ Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our beasts, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; ²⁷ but thy slaves, each one armed for war, will pass before the LORD to battle, as our lord saith. ²⁸ ¶ So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the princes of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel. ²⁹ And Moses said unto them, If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will pass the Jordan with you, each one armed to battle, before the LORD, after the land shall be subdued before you, then ye 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 sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said unto thy slaves, so will we do. ³² We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan shall be ours. ³³ Thus Moses gave unto the sons of Gad and to the sons 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 its cities and borders, even the cities of the country round about. ³⁴ And the sons of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer ³⁵ and Atroth-shophan and Jaazer and Jogbehah ³⁶ and Bethnimrah and Bethharan, fenced cities, and also folds for sheep. ³⁷ And the sons 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 sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it. ⁴⁰ And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. ⁴¹ Jair, the son of Manasseh also went and took the small towns thereof and called them Havothjair. ⁴² Likewise Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.