Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead

32 Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of ^(A)Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock. ² So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation, ^3 (B)“Ataroth, ^(C)Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, ^(D)Nebo, and Beon, ⁴ the land ^(E)that the Lord struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” ⁵ And they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan.”

⁶ But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here? ⁷ Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them? ⁸ Your fathers did this, ^(F)when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. ⁹ For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the Lord had given them. ^10 (G)And the Lord's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying, ¹¹ ‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, ^(H)from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give ^(I)to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me, ¹² none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ^(J)Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for ^(K)they have wholly followed the Lord.’ ¹³ And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them ^(L)wander in the wilderness forty years, until ^(M)all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was gone. ¹⁴ And behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel! ¹⁵ For if you ^(N)turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.”

¹⁶ Then they came near to him and said, ^(O)“We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, ¹⁷ but ^(P)we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ^18 (Q)We will not return to our homes until each of the people of Israel has gained his inheritance. ¹⁹ For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, ^(R)because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east.” ²⁰ So ^(S)Moses said to them, “If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war, ²¹ and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord, until he has ^(T)driven out his enemies from before him ²² and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and ^(U)this land shall be your possession before the Lord. ²³ But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and ^(V)be sure your sin will find you out. ^24 (W)Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” ²⁵ And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. ^26 (X)Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, ^27 (Y)but your servants will pass over, every man who is ^(Z)armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders.”

²⁸ So ^(AA)Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to ^(AB)Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. ²⁹ And Moses said to them, “If the people of Gad and the people of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the Lord, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession. ³⁰ However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” ³¹ And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, “What the Lord has said to your servants, we will do. ³² We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”

³³ And ^(AC)Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-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 and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country. ³⁴ And the people of Gad built ^(AD)Dibon, ^(AE)Ataroth, ^(AF)Aroer, ³⁵ Atroth-shophan, ^(AG)Jazer, Jogbehah, ^36 (AH)Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, ^(AI)fortified cities, and folds for sheep. ³⁷ And the people of Reuben built ^(AJ)Heshbon, ^(AK)Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ^38 (AL)Nebo, and ^(AM)Baal-meon (^(AN)their names were changed), and ^(AO)Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built. ³⁹ And the sons of ^(AP)Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. ⁴⁰ And Moses ^(AQ)gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it. ⁴¹ And ^(AR)Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.^{[a] 42} And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

The First Beast

13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, ^(A)with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and ^(B)blasphemous names on its heads. ² And the beast that I saw was ^(C)like a leopard; its feet were like ^(D)a bear's, and its mouth was like ^(E)a lion's mouth. And to it ^(F)the dragon gave his power and ^(G)his throne and great authority. ³ One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and ^(H)the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. ⁴ And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^(I)“Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

⁵ And the beast was given ^(J)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for ^(K)forty-two months. ⁶ It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,^[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ Also it was allowed ^(L)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.^[b] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, ⁸ and all ^(M)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in ^(N)the book of life of ^(O)the Lamb ^(P)who was slain. ^9 (Q)If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

^(T)Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

The Second Beast

¹¹ Then ^(U)I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. ¹² It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,^[c] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, ^(V)whose mortal wound was healed. ^13 (W)It performs great signs, even ^(X)making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, ¹⁴ and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of^[d] the beast ^(Y)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast ^(Z)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵ And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not ^(AA)worship the image of the beast ^(AB)to be slain. ¹⁶ Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,^{[e] (AC)}to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, ¹⁷ so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, ^(AD)the name of the beast or ^(AE)the number of its name. ^18 (AF)This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number ^(AG)of a man, and his number is 666.^[f]

The Lamb and the 144,000

14 Then I looked, and behold, on ^(AH)Mount Zion ^(AI)stood the Lamb, and with him ^(AJ)144,000 who ^(AK)had his name and his Father's name written ^(AL)on their foreheads. ² And I heard a voice from heaven ^(AM)like the roar of many waters and ^(AN)like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of ^(AO)harpists playing on their harps, ³ and they were singing ^(AP)a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. ^(AQ)No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. ⁴ It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for ^(AR)they are virgins. It is these ^(AS)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as ^(AT)firstfruits for God and the Lamb, ⁵ and ^(AU)in their mouth no lie was found, for they are ^(AV)blameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

⁶ Then I saw another angel ^(AW)flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to ^(AX)those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. ⁷ And he said with a loud voice, ^(AY)“Fear God and ^(AZ)give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and ^(BA)worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the ^(BB)springs of water.”

⁸ Another angel, a second, followed, saying, ^(BC)“Fallen, fallen is ^(BD)Babylon the great, ^(BE)she who made all nations drink ^(BF)the wine of the passion^[g] of her sexual immorality.”

⁹ And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^(BG)worships the beast and its image and receives ^(BH)a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he also will drink ^(BI)the wine of God's wrath, ^(BJ)poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and ^(BK)he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And ^(BL)the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and ^(BM)they have no rest, day or night, these ^(BN)worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

^12 (BO)Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who ^(BP)keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.^[h]

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: ^(BQ)Blessed are the dead ^(BR)who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, ^(BS)“that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

The Harvest of the Earth

¹⁴ Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one ^(BT)like a son of man, ^(BU)with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ And another angel ^(BV)came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, ^(BW)“Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for ^(BX)the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” ¹⁶ So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷ Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And another angel came out from the altar, ^(BY)the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, ^(BZ)for its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹ So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great ^(CA)winepress of the wrath of God. ²⁰ And ^(CB)the winepress was trodden ^(CC)outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as ^(CD)a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.^[i]

The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

15 Then ^(CE)I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, ^(CF)seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.

² And I saw ^(CG)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those ^(CH)who had conquered the beast and its image and ^(CI)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass ^(CJ)with harps of God in their hands. ³ And they sing ^(CK)the song of Moses, ^(CL)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

⁵ After this I looked, and ^(CR)the sanctuary of ^(CS)the tent^[k] of witness in heaven was opened, ⁶ and out of the sanctuary came ^(CT)the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright ^(CU)linen, ^(CV)with golden sashes around their chests. ⁷ And one of ^(CW)the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven ^(CX)golden bowls full of the wrath of God ^(CY)who lives forever and ever, ⁸ and ^(CZ)the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and ^(DA)no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.