Very large herds belonged to the children (tribes) of Reuvein and Gad—[an] extremely large [number]; and they saw the land of Ya’zeir and the land of Gilad, and behold, the region was an area for livestock.

Now the children of Re᾽uven and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Ya῾zer, and the land of Gil῾ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

And the sons of Reuven and the sons of Gad had much cattle, a great multitude, and they saw the land of Yazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, it was a place of cattle.

The tribes of Reuvein and Gad came and spoke to Moshe and to Elozor the kohein, and to the princes of the community, saying:

the children of Gad and the children of Re᾽uven came and spoke to Moshe, and to El῾azar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuven came, and they said to Moses and Elazar the Cohein and to the chiefs of the congregation:

“Ataros, Divon, Ya’zeir, Nimrah, Cheshbon, Elalei, Sevam, Nevo and Be’on,

῾Atarot, and Divon, and Ya῾zer, and Nimra, and Ḥeshbon, and El῾ale, and Sevam, and Nevo, and Be῾on,

Ataroth and Divon and Yazer and Nimrah and Cheshbon and Elaleh and Sevam and Nevo and Beon [(of the land of Sichon and Og)] —

the land that Adonoy struck down before Bnei Yisroel, is an area for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”

the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Yisra᾽el, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

The land which the L-rd smote before the congregation of Israel — it is a land of cattle, and your servants have cattle.

They said: “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not bring us over the Yardein.”

and they said, If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over the Yarden.

And they said: If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a holding; do not have us cross the Jordan.

Moshe said to the children (tribes) of Gad and Reuvein: “Should your brothers go out to war while you settle here?

And Moshe said to the children of Gad and to the children of Re᾽uven, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here?

And Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuven: Would your brothers go to the war and you remain here!

Why do you dishearten Bnei Yisroel from crossing over to the land that Adonoy has given them?

And why do you dishearten the children of Yisra᾽el from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?

And why would you dishearten the children of Israel from crossing into the land which the L-rd has given to them, [giving them the impression that you are in awe of the strength of the Canaanites and fear warring with them]?

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadeish Barnei’a to look at the land.

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

Thus did your fathers do when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

They went up to Nachal Eshkol and saw the land. They then disheartened Bnei Yisroel from coming into the land that Adonoy has given them.

For when they went up to the wadi of Eshkol, and saw the land, they disheartened the children of Yisra᾽el, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.

And they went up until Nachal Eshkol and they saw the land, and they disheartened the children of Israel, that they not come to the land that the L-rd gave to them.

Adonoy displayed His anger on that day and He swore, saying:

And the Lord’s anger burned at that time, and he swore, saying,

And the L-rd was wroth on that day, and He swore, saying:

’None of the men who came up from Egypt will see—those who are twenty years and above—the land that I swore to Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov, for they did not follow Me fully.

Surely none of the men that came up out of Miżrayim, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Avraham, to Yiżĥaq, and to Ya῾aqov; because they have not wholly followed me:

If the men who went up out of Egypt from twenty years and above shall see (i.e., I swear that they shall not see) the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, for they have not fulfilled (My behest by following) after Me.

Except for Kaleiv, son of Yefuneh, the Kenizite, and Yehoshua, son of Nun, because they followed Adonoy fully.’

save Kalev son of Yefunne the Qenizzite, and Yehoshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

Except Calev the son of Yefuneh, the Kenizi [(Calev was the stepson of Kenaz, to whom Calev's mother bore Othniel (see Joshua 15:17)] and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have fulfilled (the L-rd's behest by following) after the L-rd.

Adonoy displayed anger against Yisroel and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until the end (death) of the entire generation that had done evil in the eyes of Adonoy.

And the Lord’s anger burned against Yisra᾽el, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

And the L-rd was wroth with Israel, and He made them wander in the desert forty years until the entire generation that did the evil in the eyes of the L-rd had been consumed.

Behold, you have now risen in the place of your fathers as a group of sinners, to add to the wrath of Adonoy against Yisroel.

And, behold, you are risen up in place of your fathers, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord towards Yisra᾽el.

And, behold, you have arisen in your fathers' place, a growth of sinful men, to add even more to the wrath of the L-rd against Israel!

If you will turn away from following Him, He will again place them in the wilderness. and you will destroy this entire nation.”

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

If you turn back from Him, He will place them in the desert yet again, and you will have destroyed all this people!

They (the tribes of Reuvein and Gad) approached him (Moshe) and said: “We will build enclosures for our flocks here and cities for our children.

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

And they drew near to him and they said: We will build sheepfolds for our kine here and cities for our little ones [(placing their wealth before their children!)]

We will then arm ourselves rapidly, and will be ready to go before Bnei Yisroel until we have brought them to their place. Our children will dwell in fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

but we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Yisra᾽el, 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.

And we will arm ourselves speedily (to go) at the head [of the columns] of the children of Israel [(the men of Gad and Reuven being warriors (see Deuteronomy 33:20, 3:18, and Joshua 6:13)] until we have brought them to their place, and our little ones will abide in the fortified cities against the inhabitants of the land.

We will not return to our homes until each person of Bnei Yisroel takes possession of his hereditary property.

We will not return to our houses, until the children of Yisra᾽el have inherited every man his inheritance.

We shall not return to our houses until the children of Israel have inherited, each his inheritance.

But we do not want to take possession with them across the Yardein and beyond, for, our inheritance came to us to the east of the Yardein.”

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side of the Yarden, and farther off; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Yarden eastward.

For we will not inherit with them across the Jordan and beyond [on the western side], for our inheritance has come to us [i.e., we have already accepted it] across the Jordan eastwards.

Moshe said to them: “If you will do this, if you will arm yourselves before Adonoy and go forth to the war,

And Moshe said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before the Lord to war,

And Moses said to them: If you do this thing — If you arm yourselves before the L-rd for the war,

and every armed man will cross the Yardein, before Adonoy, until He has driven His enemies before Him,

and will go all of you armed over the Yarden before the Lord, until he has driven out his enemies before him,

And every armed man of you will cross the Jordan before the L-rd until He drives out His enemies before Him,

and the land is conquered before Adonoy—afterwards you will return. You will then be vindicated from Adonoy and from Yisroel, and this land will become yours permanently, before Adonoy.

and the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterwards you shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Yisra᾽el; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

And the land be conquered before the L-rd, and then you return — then you will be clean of (guilt against) the L-rd and of (guilt against) Israel, and this land will be a holding unto you before the L-rd.

But if you will not do this, behold, you will have sinned against Adonoy and you must realize that your sin will find you!

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

But if you do not do so, you have sinned against the L-rd, and know your sin that shall find you.

Build for yourselves cities for your children and enclosures for your sheep. But what you have expressed verbally, you must fulfill.”

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

Build for yourselves cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep [(first the cities, then the folds! (see 16)] and what leaves your mouths [to the L rd (that you would remain in the land until they have apportioned it (18)] shall you do [(even though Moses had asked that they remain only until they had conquered it (22)].

The tribe of Gad and Reuvein said to Moshe saying: “Your servants will do as my master instructs.

And the children of Gad and the children of Re᾽uven spoke to Moshe, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commands.

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuven said to Moses [all as one]: Your servants will do as my lord commands.

Our children, wives, cattle and all livestock will remain there in the cities of Gil’ad.

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gil῾ad:

Our little ones, our wives, our kine, and all of our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead.

And your servants will cross over—all those in the army—before Adonoy, to the war, as my master commands.”

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

And your servants shall pass over, every armed man of the host before the L rd to the war, as my lord speaks.

Moshe commanded to them, Elozor the kohein, Yehoshua, son of Nun, and the heads of the tribes of Bnei Yisroel.

So concerning them Moshe commanded El῾azar the priest, and Yehoshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra᾽el:

And Moses appointed over them [(to insure the fulfillment of their conditions)] Elazar the Cohein, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.

Moshe said to them: “If the tribe of Gad and Reuvein will cross the Yardein with you, every man that is armed for battle before Adonoy, and the land is conquered before you, you shall give them the land of Gil’ad as a permanent possession.

and Moshe said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Re᾽uven will pass with you over the Yarden, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gil῾ad for a possession:

And Moses said to them: If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuven cross the Jordan with you, each man armed for the war before the L rd, and the land be conquered before you, then you shall give to them the land of the Gilead as a holding.

But if they do not cross over with you, armed for battle, then they shall take possession among you in the land of Canaan.”

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

And if they do not cross over armed before you, then they shall have a holding in your midst in the land of Canaan.

The tribes of Gad and Reuvein answered, saying: “As Adonoy has spoken to your servants, so shall we do.

And the children of Gad and the children of Re᾽uven answered, saying, as the Lord has said to thy servants, so will we do.

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuven answered, saying: What the L rd spoke to your servants, thus shall we do.

We will cross over armed for battle before Adonoy, to the land of Canaan, and we shall [then] have our permanent inheritance on this side of the Yardein.”

We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Kena῾an, that the possession of our inheritance may be ours on this side of the Yarden.

We shall pass over armed before the L rd into the land of Canaan, and with us [i.e., in our possession and under our jurisdiction] the holding of our inheritance across the Jordan.

Moshe gave to them—to the tribe of Gad, to the tribe of Reuvein and to half the tribe of Menashe son of Yoseif—the empire of Sichon, king of the Emorites and the empire of Og, king of the Bashan, the land along with the cities within their borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.

And Moshe gave to them, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Re᾽uven, and to half the tribe of Menashshe the son of Yosef, the kingdom of Siĥon king of the Emori, and the kingdom of ῾Og king of Bashan, the land, with its cities in the borders, the cities of the country round about.

And Moses gave to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuven and to half the tribe of Menasheh the son of Joseph the kingdom of Sichon the king of the Emori and the kingdom of Og the king of the Bashan, the land with the cities in its boundaries, the cities of the land roundabout.

The sons of Gad built up Divon, Ataros, Aro’eir,

And the children of Gad built Divon, and ῾Atarot, and ῾Aro῾er,

And the children of Gad built Divon and Ataroth and Aroer.

Atros Shofan, Yazeir, Yogbehah,

and ῾Atrot-shofan, and Ya῾zer, and Yogbeha,

And Atroth-Shofan and Yazer and Yagbehah.

Beis Nimrah, and Beis Haran as fortified cities and sheep pens.

and Bet-nimra, and Bet-haran, fortified cities: and folds for sheep.

And Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran [(all of these cities to be)] fortified cities and folds for sheep (see 24).

The tribe of Reuvein built up Cheshbon, El’alei, Kiryasayim,

And the children of Re᾽uven built Ḥeshbon, and El῾ale, and Qiryatayim,

And the sons of Reuven built Cheshbon and Elalei and Kiryathaim.

Nevo, Ba’al Me’on—their names having been changed, and Sivmah. They retained the names of the other cities that they built.

and Nevo, and Ba῾al-me῾on, (their names being changed,) and Sivma: and gave other names to the cities which they built.

And Nevo and Ba'al Meon [named after Emorite deities], their names being altered, and Sivmah [(the same as Sevam (3)]; and they called by (new) names the names of the cities that they built.

The sons of Machir, son of Menashe, went to Gil’ad and captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were in it.

And the children of Makhir the son of Menashshe went to Gil῾ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Emori who were in it.

And the sons of Machir the son of Menasheh went to Gilead and they took it, and they drove out the Emori that were in it.

Moshe gave the Gil’ad to Machir, son of Menashe, and he settled in it.

And Moshe gave Gil῾ad to Makhir the son of Menashshe; and he dwelt in it.

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

Yair, son of Menashe, went and conquered their villages and called them Chavos Yair.

And Ya᾽ir the son of Menashshe went and took their villages, and called them Ḥavvot-ya᾽ir.

And Yair the son of Menasheh went and he took their villages (chavotheihem) and he called them Chavoth Yair [(as a memorial, having no sons)].

Novach went and conquered Kenas and its suburbs, and called it Novach, after his own name.

And Novaĥ went and took Qenat, and its hamlets, and called it Novaĥ, after his own name.

And Novach went and he took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Novach by his name.