Transjordan Settlements

32 The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock. ² So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said: ³ “The territory of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam,^[a] Nebo, and Beon, ⁴ which the Lord struck down^(A) before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.” ⁵ They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”

⁶ But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your brothers go to war while you stay here? ⁷ Why are you discouraging^[b] the Israelites from crossing into the land the Lord has given them? ⁸ That’s what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.^{(B) 9} After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them. ¹⁰ So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath: ¹¹ ‘Because they did not follow Me completely,^(C) none of the men 20 years old or more who came up from Egypt will see the land I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— ¹² none except Caleb^(D) son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua^(E) son of Nun, because they did follow the Lord completely.’ ¹³ The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone. ¹⁴ And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel. ¹⁵ If you turn back from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.”

¹⁶ Then they approached him and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our dependents. ¹⁷ But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our dependents will remain in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁸ We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has taken possession of his inheritance. ¹⁹ Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance will be across the Jordan to the east.”

²⁰ Moses replied to them, “If you do this—if you arm yourselves for battle before the Lord, ²¹ and every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven His enemies from His presence, ²² and the land is subdued before the Lord—afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the Lord and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the Lord. ²³ But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you. ²⁴ Build cities for your dependents and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”^(F)

²⁵ The Gadites and Reubenites answered Moses, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands. ²⁶ Our little children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead, ²⁷ but your servants are equipped for war before the Lord and will go across to the battle as my lord orders.”

²⁸ So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite tribes. ²⁹ Moses told them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, every man in battle formation before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.^{(G) 30} But if they don’t go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”

³¹ The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “What the Lord has spoken to your servants is what we will do. ³² We will cross over in battle formation before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but we will keep our hereditary possession across the Jordan.”

³³ So Moses gave them—the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them. ³⁴ The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, ³⁵ Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, ³⁶ Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran^(H) as fortified cities, and built sheepfolds. ³⁷ The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ³⁸ as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

³⁹ The descendants of Machir^(I) son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. ⁴⁰ So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled in it. ⁴¹ Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages, which he renamed Jair’s Villages.^{[c](J) 42} Nobah went and captured Kenath with its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.

The Way to the Father

14 “Your heart must not be troubled.^(A) Believe^[a] in God;^(B) believe also in Me. ² In My Father’s house are many dwelling places;^[b] if not, I would have told you. I am going away^(C) to prepare a place for you. ³ If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back^(D) and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.^{(E) 4} You know the way to where I am going.”^[c](F)

⁵ “Lord,” Thomas^(G) said, “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am^(H) the way,^(I) the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus Reveals the Father

⁷ “If you know Me, you will also know^[d] My Father.^(J) From now on you do know Him^(K) and have seen Him.”

⁸ “Lord,” said Philip,^(L) “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father.^(M) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?^(N) The words I speak to you I do not speak on My own.^(O) The Father who lives in Me does His works.^{(P) 11} Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe^[e] because of the works themselves.^(Q)

Praying in Jesus’ Name

¹² “I assure you: The one who believes in Me^(R) will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these,^(S) because I am going to the Father.^{(T) 13} Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified^(U) in the Son.^{(V) 14} If you ask Me^[f] anything in My name,^(W) I will do it.^[g](X)

Another Counselor Promised

¹⁵ “If you love Me, you will keep^[h] My commands.^{(Y) 16} And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor^(Z) to be with you forever. ¹⁷ He is the Spirit^(AA) of truth.^(AB) The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be^[i] in you.^{(AC) 18} I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

¹⁹ “In a little while the world will see Me no longer,^(AD) but you will see Me.^(AE) Because I live, you will live^(AF) too. ²⁰ In that day you will know that I am in My Father,^(AG) you are in Me, and I am in you. ²¹ The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me.^(AH) And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father.^(AI) I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

²² Judas^(AJ) (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it You’re going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”^(AK)

²³ Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.^{(AL) 24} The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.^(AM)

²⁵ “I have spoken these things to you while I remain with you. ²⁶ But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit^(AN)—the Father will send^(AO) Him in My name—will teach you all things^(AP) and remind you of everything I have told you.^(AQ)

Jesus’ Gift of Peace

²⁷ “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.^{(AR) 28} You have heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away^(AS) and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father,^(AT) because the Father is greater than I.^{(AU) 29} I have told you now before it happens^(AV) so that when it does happen you may believe. ³⁰ I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world^(AW) is coming. He has no power over Me.^{[j](AX) 31} On the contrary, I am going away^[k] so that the world may know that I love the Father. Just as the Father commanded Me, so I do.

“Get up; let’s leave this place.