Numbers 32; Numbers 33; Numbers 34

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Numbers 32

1 The livestock owned by the Reubenites and the Gadites were unusually vast and numerous. They saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead were exactly the place for livestock.

2 So the Gadites and the Reubenites came and said to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the community:

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

4 the land that the LORD struck down before the Israelite community. It is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."

5 They said, "If you approve our request, give this land to your servants as property. Don't make us cross the Jordan."

6 Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, "Should your brothers go to war, while you stay here?

7 Why would you destroy the Israelites' resolve to cross into the land that the LORD gave them?

8 Your ancestors did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

9 They went up to the Cluster ravine, saw the land, and destroyed the Israelites' resolve to enter the land that the LORD had given them.

10 The LORD became angry on that day and promised,

11 ‘None of the persons that went up from Egypt, those 20 years old and above, will see the fertile ground that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they didn't remain true to me,

12 except Caleb, Jephunneh the Kenizzite's son, and Joshua, Nun's son, because they remained true to the LORD.'

13 The LORD became angry with the Israelites and made them wander in the desert for forty years until the entire generation had died, which had done evil in the LORD's eyes.

14 Now you've taken the place of your ancestors, a group of sinful men, to intensify the LORD's anger against Israel.

15 If you turn away from him, he will turn away again to abandon Israel in the desert. Then you will destroy this entire people."

16 So they approached him and said, "We will build walled enclosures here for our livestock and towns for our children.

17 Then we will eagerly fight in front of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Our children will live in the fortified cities because of the land's inhabitants.

18 And we won't return to our homes until each one of the Israelites takes possession of his property.

19 We won't inherit land with them there across the Jordan, because we've received our property on the east side of the Jordan."

20 Moses said to them, "Do this and fight before the LORD in war.

21 All of you who are equipped for war, cross the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his enemies out before him

22 and the land is subdued in the LORD's presence. Then you may return innocently before the LORD and Israel, and this land will be your property before the LORD.

23 But if you don't do this, you've sinned against the LORD. Know that your sin will find you.

24 So build towns for your children and walled enclosures for your flocks, but do what you have promised."

25 The Gadites and the Reubenites said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my master has commanded.

26 Our children, wives, livestock, and all of our animals will remain in the cities of Gilead.

27 But your servants, everyone equipped for war before the LORD, will go over to do battle as my master said."

28 Moses made demands for them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua, Nun's son, and to the leaders of the households of the Israelite tribes.

29 Moses said to them, "If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each equipped for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you will give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

30 If, however, they don't cross with you, equipped for war, they will take possession of property with you in the land of Canaan."

31 The Gadites and the Reubenites answered, "We'll do just as the LORD has spoken to your servants.

32 We'll cross into the land of Canaan before the LORD, equipped for war. But the property we inherit will be across the Jordan."

33 So Moses gave to them—to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's son—the kingdom of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, including the land, its cities, and the territory surrounding the land's cities.

34 The Gadites built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

36 Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities and walled enclosures for flocks.

37 The Reubenites built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

38 Nebo, and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They named the cities that they built.

39 The descendants of Machir, Manasseh's son, went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, Manasseh's son, and he lived there.

41 Manasseh's son Jair went and captured their villages and named them Havvoth-jair.

42 Nobah went and captured Kenath and its surrounding villages. He renamed it Nobah after himself.

Numbers 33

1 These were the stages by which the Israelites marched when they left the land of Egypt, according to their military units under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

2 Moses recorded the points of departure for each stage of the march at the LORD's command. These are the stages of their march according to their points of departure.

3 They marched from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,

4 while the Egyptians were burying their oldest males, whom the LORD had killed. The LORD also executed judgments against their gods.

5 The Israelites marched from Rameses and they camped at Succoth.

6 They marched from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.

7 They marched from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

8 They marched from Pi-hahiroth and they crossed through the sea toward the desert.

9 Then they traveled three days in the Etham desert and they camped at Marah.They marched from Marah and arrived at Elim. At Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees and they camped there.

10 They marched from Elim and camped by the Reed Sea.

11 They marched from the Reed Sea and camped in the Sin desert.

12 They marched from the Sin desert and camped at Dophkah.

13 They marched from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

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

15 They marched from Rephidim and camped in the Sinai desert.

16 They marched from the Sinai desert and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

17 They marched from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18 They marched from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19 They marched from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

20 They marched from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

21 They marched from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22 They marched from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23 They marched from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24 They marched from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25 They marched from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26 They marched from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27 They marched from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28 They marched from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29 They marched from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30 They marched from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31 They marched from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

32 They marched from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

33 They marched from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34 They marched from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35 They marched from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

36 They marched from Ezion-geber and camped in the Zin desert (that is, Kadesh).

37 They marched from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.

38 Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the LORD's command, and he died there in the fortieth year on the first day of the fifth month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt.

39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who ruled in the arid southern plain in the land of Canaan, heard of the Israelites' coming.

41 They marched from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42 They marched from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43 They marched from Punon and camped at Oboth.

44 They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the territory of Moab.

45 They marched from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

46 They marched from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

47 They marched from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim mountains in front of Nebo.

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

49 They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50 The LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

51 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 you will drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. You will destroy all their carved figures. You will also destroy all their cast images. You will eliminate all their shrines.

53 You will take possession of the land and live in it, because I've given the land to you to possess.

54 You will divide up the land by lot according to your clans. To the large you will make its inheritance large, and to the small you will make its inheritance small. To whomever the lot falls, that place will be his. You will inherit land according to your ancestral tribes.

55 But if you don't drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those you allow to remain will prick your eyes and be thorns in your side. They will harass you in the land in which you are living.

56 Then what I intended to do to them, I'll do to you.

Numbers 34

1 The LORD said to Moses:

2 Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance. The land of Canaan according to its boundaries:

3 Your southern boundary extends from the Zin desert alongside Edom. Your southern border extends from the edge of the Dead Sea on the east.

4 Your border will turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim and cross toward Zin. Its limit will be south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go out to Hazar-addar and cross toward Azmon.

5 The border will then turn from Azmon to the Egypt ravine. Its limit will be at the Mediterranean Sea.

6 Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your western border.

7 This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea you will mark out your boundary to Mount Hor.

8 From Mount Hor you will mark out your boundary to Lebo-hamath. The limit of the border will be Zedad.

9 The border will go out to Ziphron. Its limit will be Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.

10 You will mark out your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

11 The border will descend from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. The border will go down and meet the eastern slope of the Galilee Sea.

12 The border will descend to the Jordan. Its limit will be the Dead Sea.

13 This will be your land with its borders all around.Moses commanded the Israelites: This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes,

14 because the tribe of Reuben by their households and the tribe of Gad by their households, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.

15 The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance across the Jordan at Jericho toward the east.

16 The LORD spoke to Moses:

17 These are the names of the men who will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun's son.

18 You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land.

19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh's son;

20 from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel, Ammihud's son;

21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, Chislon's son;

22 from the tribe of the Danites, a chief, Bukki, Jogli's son;

23 from Joseph's descendants: of the tribe of the Manassites, a chief, Hanniel, Ephod's son;

24 and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a chief, Kemuel, Shiphtan's son;

25 from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a chief, Elizaphan, Parnach's son;

26 from the tribe of the Issacharites, a chief, Paltiel, Azzan's son;

27 from the tribe of the Asherites, a chief, Ahihud, Shelomi's son;

28 from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a chief, Pedahel, Ammihud's son.

29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance of the Israelites in the land of Canaan.