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1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;
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2 Now the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad had a very great multitude of mikneh; and when they saw Eretz Yazer, and Eretz Gil`ad, that, hinei, the makom was a makom for mikneh;
2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,
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The Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven came and spoke unto Moshe, and to Eleazar HaKohen, and unto the nasiim of the Edah, saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
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Atarot, and Divon, and Yazer, and Nimrah, and Chesbon, and Elealeh, and Sevam, and Nevo, and Beon,
4 The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.
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Even HaAretz which Hashem struck to conquer before the Adat Yisroel, is an eretz for mikneh, and thy avadim have mikneh.
5 And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.
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They said, If we have found chen in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy avadim for an achuzzah, and bring us not over Yarden.
6 And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?
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And Moshe said unto the Bnei Gad and to the Bnei Reuven, Shall your achim go to milchamah while ye sit here?
7 Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?
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And why discourage ye the lev Bnei Yisroel from going over into HaAretz which Hashem hath given them?
8 So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
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Thus did Avoteichem, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over HaAretz.
9 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.
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For when they went up unto the Eshcol Valley, and saw HaAretz, they discouraged the lev Bnei Yisroel, that they should not go into HaAretz which Hashem had given them.
10 And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,
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And the Af Hashem was kindled on that day, and He swore, saying,
11 Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;
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Surely none of the anashim that came up out of Mitzrayim, from twenty years old and upward, shall see HaAdamah which I swore unto Avraham, unto Yitzchak, and unto Ya’akov; because they have not fully followed Me;
12 But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.
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Except Kalev Ben Yephunneh the Kenezi, and Yehoshua Ben Nun; for they have fully followed after Hashem.
13 Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.
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And the Af Hashem was kindled against Yisroel, and He made them wander in the midbar arba’im shanah, until kol hador that had done harah in the sight of Hashem, were consumed.
14 And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.
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And, hinei, ye are risen up in the place of Avoteichem a brood of anashim chatta’im to add even more to charon af Hashem against Yisroel.
15 For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.
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For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the midbar; and ye shall destroy kol HaAm Hazeh.
16 Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;
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And they came near unto him, and said, We will build gidrot tzon here for our mikneh, and towns for our little ones;
17 But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.
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But we ourselves will go ready armed ahead of the Bnei Yisroel, until we have brought them unto their makom; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of HaAretz.
18 We will not come back to our houses till every one of the children of Israel has come into his heritage.
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We will not return unto bateinu, until the Bnei Yisroel have inherited every ish his nachalah.
19 For we will not have our heritage with them on the other side of Jordan and forward; because our heritage has come to us on this side of Jordan to the east.
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For we will not inherit with them across the Yarden, or beyond; because our nachalah is fallen to us on this side of the Yarden eastward.
20 Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,
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And Moshe said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before Hashem to milchamah,
21 Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,
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And will go all of you armed over Yarden before Hashem, until He hath driven out His oyevim from before Him,
22 And the land is under the rule of the Lord: then after that you may come back, having done no wrong to the Lord and to Israel; and this land will be yours for your heritage before the Lord.
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And HaAretz be subdued before Hashem; then afterward ye shall return, and be nekiyim before Hashem, and before Yisroel; and HaAretz Hazot shall be your achuzzah before Hashem.
23 But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
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But if ye will not do so, hinei, ye have sinned against Hashem and be sure chattatechem (your sin) will find you out.
24 So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said.
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Build you towns for your little ones, and your gidrot tzon; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.
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And the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven spoke unto Moshe saying, Thy avadim will do as adoni commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;
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Our little ones, our nashim, our mikneh, and all behemeteinu, shall stay there in the cities of Gil‘ad;
27 But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.
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But thy avadim will cross over, every man armed for war, before Hashem to battle, as adoni saith.
28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.
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So concerning them Moshe commanded Eleazar HaKohen, and Yehoshua Ben Nun, and the Rashei Avot HaMattot of the Bnei Yisroel;
29 And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:
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And Moshe said unto them, If the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven will cross with you over Yarden, every man armed for battle, before Hashem, and HaAretz shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them Eretz Gil‘ad for an achuzzah;
30 But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.
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But if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in Eretz Kena’an.
31 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.
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And the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven answered, saying, As Hashem hath said unto thy avadim, so will we do.
32 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.
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We will cross over armed before Hashem into Eretz Kena’an, that the achuzzat nachalatenu on that side of the Yarden may be our own.
33 So Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, all the land with its towns and the country round them.
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And Moshe gave unto them, even to the Bnei Gad, and to the Bnei Reuven, and unto half the shevet of Menasheh Ben Yosef, the kingdom of Sichon Melech HaEmori, and the kingdom of Og Melech HaBashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the territories, even the cities of the surrounding land.
34 And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;
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And the Bnei Gad built Divon, and Atarot, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah;
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And Atrot, Shophan, Ya’azer, and Yogbehah,
36 And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.
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And Beit Nimrah and Beit Haran, fortified cities; and gidrot tzon.
37 And the children of Reuben were the builders of Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim;
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And the Bnei Reuven built Cheshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiryatayim,
38 And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made.
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And Nevo, and Ba’al Me’on, (their shem being changed) and Sivmah; and gave other shmot unto the cities which they built.
39 And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.
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And the Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh went to Gil‘ad, and captured it, and dispossessed the Emori (Amorite) which was in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.
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And Moshe gave Gil‘ad unto Machir Ben Menasheh; and he dwelt therein.
41 And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.
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And Ya’ir Ben Menasheh went and captured the settlements thereof, and called them Chavot Ya’ir.
42 And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself.
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And Novach went and captured Kenat, and the villages thereof, and called it Novach, after shmo.
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