1Now the children of Reuben and the children 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;

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Numbers 21:32, Numbers 21:32, Numbers 32:35, Numbers 32:3, Genesis 13:10

2The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

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3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Numbers 32:34, Numbers 32:38, Jeremiah 48:34

4Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

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Numbers 21:34, Numbers 21:34, Deuteronomy 2:24, Deuteronomy 2:35, Numbers 21:24

5Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

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Jeremiah 31:2, 2 Samuel 14:22, Deuteronomy 1:37, 1 Samuel 20:3, Genesis 19:19

6And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

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1 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Corinthians 13:5, Philippians 2:4, 2 Samuel 11:11, Philippians 2:4

7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?

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Numbers 21:4, Deuteronomy 1:28, Acts 21:13, Numbers 13:27, Numbers 14:4

8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.

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Joshua 14:6, Joshua 14:7, Numbers 13:2, Numbers 13:26, Deuteronomy 1:19

9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.

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Numbers 13:23, Numbers 14:10, Deuteronomy 1:24, Deuteronomy 1:28, Numbers 13:23

10And the Lord’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

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Numbers 14:11, Numbers 14:11, Numbers 14:21, Psalms 95:11, Numbers 14:29

11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

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Numbers 14:28, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:28, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:24

12Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

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Deuteronomy 1:36, Deuteronomy 1:36, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:24, Numbers 14:30

13And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

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Numbers 14:33, Numbers 14:35, 1 Corinthians 10:5, Numbers 14:33, Numbers 14:35

14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

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Isaiah 57:4, Ezekiel 20:21, Luke 11:48, Nehemiah 9:24, Nehemiah 9:26

15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

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1 Corinthians 8:11, 1 Corinthians 8:12, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Corinthians 8:11, 1 Corinthians 8:12

16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

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Genesis 33:17, Numbers 34:22, Genesis 33:17, Numbers 34:22

17But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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Joshua 4:12, Joshua 4:13, Joshua 4:12, Joshua 4:13, Numbers 32:29

18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

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Joshua 22:1, Joshua 22:5, Joshua 22:1, Joshua 22:5

19For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

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Joshua 13:8, Joshua 13:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:12, Joshua 12:1

20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,

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Joshua 4:12, Joshua 4:13, Joshua 4:12, Joshua 4:13, Deuteronomy 3:18

21And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

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22And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

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Joshua 22:9, Joshua 22:4, Joshua 22:9, Joshua 22:4, Deuteronomy 3:20

23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

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Isaiah 59:12, Isaiah 59:12, Proverbs 13:21, Proverbs 13:21, Genesis 44:16

24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

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Numbers 32:16, Numbers 32:16, Numbers 30:2, Numbers 32:34, Numbers 32:42

25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

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Joshua 1:13, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 1:13, Joshua 1:14

26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

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Joshua 1:14, Joshua 1:14

27But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.

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Joshua 4:12, Joshua 4:12, Numbers 36:2, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:5

28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

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Joshua 1:13, Joshua 1:13

29And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

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30But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

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Joshua 22:19, Joshua 22:19

31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

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32We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

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33And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the 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, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

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Joshua 12:6, Joshua 12:6, Deuteronomy 3:12, Deuteronomy 3:17, Joshua 22:4

34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

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Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 2:36, Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:3, Numbers 33:45

35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

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Numbers 32:1, Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:1, Numbers 32:3

36And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

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Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:3

37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

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Numbers 32:3, Numbers 21:27, Numbers 32:3, Numbers 21:27, Isaiah 15:4

38And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

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Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:1, Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:3, Joshua 23:7

39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

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Genesis 50:23, Genesis 50:23, Numbers 26:29, Joshua 17:1, Numbers 26:29

40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

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Joshua 17:1, Joshua 17:1, Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 3:15, Joshua 13:29

41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.

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Deuteronomy 3:14, Deuteronomy 3:14, Judges 10:4, Judges 10:4, Joshua 13:30

42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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Psalms 49:11, 2 Samuel 18:18, Psalms 49:11, 2 Samuel 18:18