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Themes in Numbers 32
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Themes in Numbers 32

Numbers 32:1

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle. And when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle,

Numbers 32:2

the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the rulers of the congregation, saying,

Numbers 32:3

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

Numbers 32:4

the land which LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.

Numbers 32:5

And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession. Bring us not over the Jordan.

Numbers 32:6

And Moses said to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall ye sit here?

Numbers 32:7

And why do ye discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from going over into the land which LORD has given them?

Numbers 32:8

Thus did your fathers when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

Numbers 32:9

For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the sons of Israel, that they should not go into the land which LORD had given them.

Numbers 32:10

And LORD's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,

Numbers 32:11

Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me,

Numbers 32:12

except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have wholly followed LORD.

Numbers 32:13

And LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of LORD was consumed.

Numbers 32:14

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of LORD toward Israel.

Numbers 32:15

For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness, and ye will destroy all this people.

Numbers 32:16

And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones,

Numbers 32:17

but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:18

We will not return to our houses until the sons of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

Numbers 32:19

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.

Numbers 32:20

And Moses said to them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves to go before LORD to the war,

Numbers 32:21

and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

Numbers 32:22

and the land is subdued before LORD, then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards LORD, and towards Israel, and this land shall be to you for a possession before LORD.

Numbers 32:23

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.

Numbers 32:24

Build for you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep, and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.

Numbers 32:25

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commands.

Numbers 32:26

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead,

Numbers 32:27

but thy servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before LORD to battle, as my lord says.

Numbers 32:28

So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

Numbers 32:29

And Moses said to them, If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gil

Numbers 32:30

but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 32:31

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, As LORD has said to thy servants, so we will do.

Numbers 32:32

We will pass over armed before LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [is] with us beyond the Jordan.

Numbers 32:33

And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half-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, according t

Numbers 32:34

And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

Numbers 32:35

and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,

Numbers 32:36

and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

Numbers 32:37

And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,

Numbers 32:38

and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Numbers 32:39

And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were in it.

Numbers 32:40

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.

Numbers 32:41

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns of it, and called them Havvoth-jair.

Numbers 32:42

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages of it, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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