1And much livestock belonged to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad, very mighty; and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place of livestock.2The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,3Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,4The land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Israel is a land of livestock, and your servants have livestock.5And they said, If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not cause us to cross the Jordan.6Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to battle while you remain here?7And why do you forbid the heart of the sons of Israel from crossing to the land that the LORD gave them?8This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.9And they went up as far as the torrent of Eshcol, and they saw the land, and they forbade the heart of the sons of Israel from coming to the land that the LORD had given them.10The anger of the LORD burned that day, and he swore, saying,11None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they did not follow me fully,12except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they followed the LORD fully.13The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until the entire generation that had done evil in the eyes of the LORD was gone.14And behold, you have arisen in the place of your fathers, an increase of sinful men, to add still more to the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.15If you turn away from following him, he will again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.16And they approached him and said, Let us build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.17And we ourselves will arm, hastening before the sons of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our children will dwell in the cities of the fortification because of the inhabitants of the land.18We will not return to our houses until the sons of Israel have each received his inheritance,19For we will not receive an inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.20Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,21and every armed man among you crosses the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven out his enemies from before him,22And the land is subdued before the LORD, and afterward you may return and be innocent from the LORD and from Israel, and this land shall be to you as a possession before the LORD.23And if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and know that your sin will find you.24Build cities for your children and walls for your sheep, and what goes out from your lips you shall do.25The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord commands.26Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain there in the cities of Gilead.27But your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, just as my lord has said.28Moses gave a command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel.29And Moses said to them, If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross the Jordan with you, every armed one for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.30And if they do not cross armed with you, then they shall be grasped in your midst in the land of Canaan.31The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, What the LORD has said to your servants, that we will do.32We will cross over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan.33And Moses gave to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders of the cities of the land round about.34The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, and Aroer,35Atroth-shophan, Jazer, and Jogbehah,36And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, fortified cities and sheepfolds.37The sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,38And Nebo and Baal-meon—their names having been changed—and Sebam; and they gave names to the cities that they built.39The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.40And Moses gave the land of Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.41Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.42Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.