Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,

the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,

"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle."

Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, "Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the Lord has given them?

When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the Lord had given them.

So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,

Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.'

So the Lord's anger was kindled against the Israelites, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all that generation that had done wickedly before the Lord was finished.

For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction."

Then they came very close to him and said, "We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

For we will not accept any inheritance on the other side of the Jordan River and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this eastern side of the Jordan."

Then Moses replied, "If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,

and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the Lord until he drives out his enemies from his presence

and the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the Lord's sight.

"But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do."

So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.

Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

Moses said to them: "If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the Lord's presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken.

We will cross armed in the Lord's presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River."

So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them.

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed the cities they built.

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there.

Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair.

Then Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.

These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority of Moses and Aaron.

They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in plain sight of all the Egyptians.

The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped in Succoth.

They traveled from Succoth, and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

They traveled from Etham, and turned again to Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-Zephon; and they camped before Migdal.

They traveled from Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah.

They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.

They traveled from Elim, and camped by the Red Sea.

They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Zin.

They traveled from the wilderness of Zin and camped in Dophkah.

And they traveled from Dophkah, and camped in Alush.

They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

They traveled from the desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

They traveled from Hazeroth and camped in Rithmah.

They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped in Libnah.

They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

They traveled from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah.

They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped in Haradah.

They traveled from Haradah and camped in Makheloth.

They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.

They traveled from Terah and camped in Mithcah.

They traveled from Mithcah and camped in Hashmonah.

They traveled from Hashmonah and camped in Moseroth.

They traveled from Moseroth and camped in Bene-jaakan.

They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

They traveled from Hor-haggidgad and camped in Jotbathah.

They traveled from Jotbathah and camped in Abronah.

They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

They traveled from Kadesh and camped in Mount Hor at the edge of the land of Edom.

Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt on the first day of the fifth month.

They traveled from Mount Hor and camped in Zalmonah.

They traveled from Zalmonah and camped in Punon.

They traveled from Punon and camped in Oboth.

They traveled from Oboth and camped in Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab.

They traveled from Iim and camped in Dibon-gad.

They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped in Almon-diblathaim.

They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo.

They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River across from Jericho.

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.

You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.

You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone's inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.

And what I intended to do to them I will do to you."

"Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,

your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,

and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, continue to Zin, and then its direction will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.

"'And for a western border you will have the Great Sea. This will be your western border.

"'And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor;

from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth.

Then the border will continue down the Jordan River and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.'"

Then Moses commanded the Israelites: "This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise."

"These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.

and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud."

Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.