Verse 5
Numbers 32:5
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In reply Moses asked the tribes of Gad and Reuben, “Are you expecting your brothers to go and fight while you just sit here?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ אִם מָצָ֤אנוּ חֵן֙ בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָ יֻתַּ֞ן אֶת הָ/אָ֧רֶץ הַ/זֹּ֛את לַ/עֲבָדֶ֖י/ךָ לַ/אֲחֻזָּ֑ה אַל תַּעֲבִרֵ֖/נוּ אֶת הַ/יַּרְדֵּֽן
English Translation
And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not make us cross over the Jordan."
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Chapter 32 Context
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So they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite leaders and said,
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“The towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
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which the Lord conquered in full view of the Israelites, are well-suited for the livestock that we y...
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They continued, “Please respond to our request favorably: give us this land. Don't make us cross the...
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In reply Moses asked the tribes of Gad and Reuben, “Are you expecting your brothers to go and fight...
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Why discourage the Israelites from crossing into the country that the Lord has given them?
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After your fathers traveled up the valley of Eshcol and explored the land, they discouraged the Isra...
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As a result, they made the Lord very angry that day, and he swore this oath,
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‘Not a single one of those I saved from Egypt who is twenty years old or older will ever see the lan...
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no one except Caleb, son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua, son of Nun, because they were comp...
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The Lord was angry with Israel, and made them wander around in the desert for forty years, until the...
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Now look at you, you brood of sinners who have come to take your fathers' place to make the Lord eve...
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If you give up following him, he will abandon these people in the desert once again, and their death...
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Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben came to Moses and told him, “We would plan to build stone walls to...
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But we will still get ourselves ready for battle, and we will be prepared to lead the Israelites unt...
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However, we won't own any land on the other side of the Jordan because we've received this land to o...
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Moses responded, “If this is what you will actually do, if you will get yourselves ready for battle...
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and if all your troops cross the Jordan with the Lord until he has driven out his enemies ahead of h...
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then once the country is conquered with the Lord's help then you may return, and you will have fulfi...
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But if you fail to do this, you will clearly be sinning against the Lord, and the consequences of yo...
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Go ahead and build towns for your children and stone walls for your flocks, but make sure you do wha...
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The tribes of Gad and Reuben promised Moses, “Sir, we your servants will do just as you have ordered...
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Our wives and children, our livestock and all our animals, will all remain here in the towns of Gile...
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But we your servants are ready for battle, and all our troops will cross over to fight with the Lord...
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Moses gave the following instructions about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua, son of Nun, and t...
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Moses told them, “If the tribes of Gad and Reuben cross the Jordan with you, with all their troops r...
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But if they don't get themselves ready for battle and cross over with you, then they must accept the...
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The tribes of Gad and Reuben responded, “We will do just as the Lord has told us, your servants.
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We will cross over and enter the country of Canaan ready for battle with the Lord's help, so that we...
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So Moses gave to the tribes of Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph, the kin...
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The people of Gad rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
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Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
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Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified towns, and they built stone walls for their flocks.
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The people of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
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as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (changing their names), and Sibmah. In fact they renamed those towns t...
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The descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, attacked Gilead and captured it. They drove out the Amor...
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So Moses gave Gilead to the family of Machir, son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
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Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, attacked their villages and captured them. He named them the Village...
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Nobah attacked Kenath and captured it, along with its villages. He named it Nobah after himself.
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