Numbers 32:1-5

Lexham English Bible

Gad and Reuben Inherit Gilead

32 The descendants^[a] of Reuben and the descendants^[b] of Gad had a very large number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold it was a place for livestock. ² The descendants^[c] of Gad and the descendants^[d] of Reuben came, and they said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, saying, ³ “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ⁴ the land that Yahweh struck before the community of Israel, is a land of livestock, and your servants have livestock.” ⁵ They said, “If we have found favor in your sight,^[e] let this land be given to your servants as property; do not lead us across the Jordan.”