Matthew(i)
16 And they went nere hym and sayde: we wyl buylde shepefoldes here for our shepe and for oure catell, and cyties for our chyldren.
17 But we our selues wil go ready armed before the chyldren of Israell, vntyll we haue brought them vnto their place. And oure chyldren shall dwell in the fenced cyties, because of the inhabiters of the land.
18 And we wyll not retourne vnto oure houses, vntyll the chyldren of Israel haue enhereted: euery man hys enheritaunce.
19 For we wyll not enheret wyth them on yonder side Iordan forwarde, because oure enheritaunce is falled to vs on thys syde Iordan eastwarde.
20 And Moses sayd vnto them: If ye wyl do thys thynge, that ye wyl go all harnessed before the Lord to warre,
21 and wyll go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordan before the Lord, vntyll he haue cast out hys enemyes before him,
22 and vntyl the land be subdued before the Lord, then ye shall retourne and be without synne agaynst the Lord & agaynst Israell, & thys lande shalbe your possessyon before the Lorde.
23 But and yf ye wyl not do so, behold, ye synne agaynst the Lord: and be sure your synne wyll fynde you out.
24 Bylde youre cyties for your chyldren and fouldes for your shepe, and se ye do that ye haue spoken.
25 And the chyldren of Gad and of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayinge: thy seruauntes wyl do as my Lorde commaundeth.
26 Our children our wyues substance and all oure catell shall remayne here in the cyties of Galaad.
27 But we thy seruauntes wyll go all harnessed for the warre vnto battell before the Lorde, as my Lord hath sayd.
28 And Moses commaunded Eleazar the Preast: and Iosua the sonne of Nun and the auncient heades of the trybes of the chyldren of Israel,
29 and sayd vnto them: If the children of Gad and Ruben wyll go wyth you ouer Iordan, al prepared to feyght before the Lord then when the land is subdued vnto you, geue them the lande of Galaad to possesse,
30 but & yf they wyll not go ouer wyth you in harnesse, then they shall haue their possessyons among you in the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad & Ruben answered saying: that whych the Lord hath sayd vnto thy seruauntes we wyl do.
32 We wyl go harnessed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possessyon of our enheritaunce shalbe on thys syde Iordan.
33 And Moses gaue vnto the chyldren of Gad and of Ruben and vnto halfe the trybe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph, the kyngdome of Sehon kynge of the Amorites, and the kyngdome of Og kynge of Bason, the lande that longed vnto the cyties therof in the costes of the countre rounde aboute.
34 And the chyldren of Gad bylte Didon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth,
35 Sophan, Iaeser, Iegabea,
36 Bethnimra and Betharan fenced cytyes, and they buylt foldes for the shepe.
37 And the chyldren of Ruben bylte Hesbon, Eleale, Kiriathaim,
38 Nebo, Baal, Meon and turned theyr names, and Sibaina also: and gaue names vnto the cyties whych they buylt.
39 And the chyldren of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Galaad and toke it, and put oute the Amorites that were therin.
40 And Moses gaue Galaad vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse, and he dwelt therin.
41 And Iahir the sonne of Manasse went and toke the small townes therof, and called them the townes of Iair.
42 And Nobah went and and toke Kenath wyth the townes longynge therto, and called it Nobah after his awne name.