Numbers 32
New Century Version
The Tribes East of the Jordan
32 The people of Reuben and Gad had large flocks and herds. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were good for the animals, 2 they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the people. 3-4 They said, “We, your servants, have flocks and herds. The Lord has captured for the Israelites a land that is good for animals—the land around Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon. 5 If it pleases you, we would like this land to be given to us. Don’t make us cross the Jordan River.”
6 Moses told the people of Gad and Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you stay behind? 7 You will discourage the Israelites from going over to the land the Lord has given them. 8 Your ancestors did the same thing. I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look at the land. 9 They went as far as the Valley of Eshcol, and when they saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from going into the land the Lord had given them. 10 The Lord became very angry that day and made this promise: 11 ‘None of the people who came from Egypt and who are twenty years old or older will see the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These people have not followed me completely. 12 Only Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun followed the Lord completely.’
13 “The Lord was angry with Israel, so he made them wander in the desert for forty years. Finally all the people who had sinned against the Lord died, 14 and now you are acting just like your ancestors! You sinful people are making the Lord even more angry with Israel. 15 If you quit following him, it will add to their stay in the desert, and you will destroy all these people.”
16 Then the Reubenites and Gadites came up to Moses and said, “We will build pens for our animals and cities for our children here. 17 Then our children will be in strong, walled cities, safe from the people who live in this land. Then we will prepare for war. We will help the other Israelites get their land, 18 and we will not return home until every Israelite has received his land. 19 We won’t take any of the land west of the Jordan River; our part of the land is east of the Jordan.”
20 So Moses told them, “You must do these things. You must go before the Lord into battle 21 and cross the Jordan River armed, until the Lord forces out the enemy. 22 After the Lord helps us take the land, you may return home. You will have done your duty to the Lord and Israel, and you may have this land as your own.
23 “But if you don’t do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin. 24 Build cities for your children and pens for your animals, but then you must do what you promised.”
25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We are your servants, and we will do what you, our master, command. 26 Our children, wives, and all our cattle will stay in the cities of Gilead, 27 but we, your servants, will prepare for battle. We will go over and fight for the Lord, as you, our master, have said.”
28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the leaders of the tribes of Israel. 29 Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites prepare for battle and cross the Jordan River with you, to go before the Lord and help you take the land, give them the land of Gilead for their own. 30 But if they do not go over armed, they will not receive it; their land will be in Canaan with you.”
31 The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “We are your servants, and we will do as the Lord said. 32 We will cross over into Canaan and go before the Lord ready for battle. But our land will be east of the Jordan River.”
33 So Moses gave that land to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh. (Manasseh was Joseph’s son.) That land had been the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, as well as all the cities and the land around them.
34 The Gadites rebuilt the cities of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran. These were strong, walled cities. And they built sheep pens.
37 The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38 Nebo, Baal Meon, and Sibmah. They renamed Nebo and Baal Meon when they rebuilt them.
39 The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went and captured Gilead and forced out the Amorites who were there. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to the family of Makir son of Manasseh, and they settled there. 41 Jair son of Manasseh went out and captured the small towns there, and he called them the Towns of Jair. 42 Nobah went and captured Kenath and the small towns around it; then he named it Nobah after himself.
Numbers 32
New King James Version
The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan(A)
32 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of (B)Jazer and the land of (C)Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock, 2 the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, (D)Nimrah, (E)Heshbon, Elealeh, (F)Shebam, Nebo, and (G)Beon, 4 the country (H)which the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” 5 Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.”
6 And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? 7 Now why will you (I)discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them? 8 Thus your fathers did (J)when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea (K)to see the land. 9 For (L)when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they did not go into the land which the Lord had given them. 10 (M)So the Lord’s anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying, 11 ‘Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, (N)from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because (O)they have not wholly followed Me, 12 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, (P)for they have wholly followed the Lord.’ 13 So the Lord’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them (Q)wander in the wilderness forty years, until (R)all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was gone. 14 And look! You have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the (S)fierce anger of the Lord against Israel. 15 For if you (T)turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”
16 Then they came near to him and said: “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, 17 but (U)we ourselves will be armed, ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 (V)We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has [a]received his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, (W)because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”
20 Then (X)Moses said to them: “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before the Lord for the war, 21 and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies from before Him, 22 and (Y)the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward (Z)you may return and be blameless before the Lord and before Israel; and (AA)this land shall be your possession before the Lord. 23 But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure (AB)your sin will find you out. 24 (AC)Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do [b]what has proceeded out of your mouth.”
25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying: “Your servants will do as my lord commands. 26 (AD)Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead; 27 (AE)but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, just as my lord says.”
28 So Moses gave command (AF)concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29 And Moses said to them: “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession. 30 But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
31 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: “As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do. 32 We will cross over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan.”
33 So (AG)Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, (AH)the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country. 34 And the children of Gad built (AI)Dibon and Ataroth and (AJ)Aroer, 35 Atroth and Shophan and (AK)Jazer and Jogbehah, 36 (AL)Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, (AM)fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built (AN)Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim, 38 (AO)Nebo and (AP)Baal Meon (AQ)(their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
39 And the children of (AR)Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and [c]dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. 40 So Moses (AS)gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it. 41 Also (AT)Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them (AU)Havoth Jair.[d] 42 Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
Footnotes
- Numbers 32:18 possessed
- Numbers 32:24 what you said you would do
- Numbers 32:39 drove out
- Numbers 32:41 Lit. Towns of Jair
Números 32
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Rubén y Gad se establecen en Transjordania
32 Las tribus de Rubén y Gad, que tenían mucho ganado, se dieron cuenta de que las tierras de Jazer y Galaad eran apropiadas para la ganadería. 2 Así que fueron a decirles a Moisés, al sacerdote Eleazar y a los jefes de la comunidad:
3 ―Las tierras de Atarot, Dibón, Jazer, Nimrá, Hesbón, Elalé, Sebán, Nebo y Beón 4 las conquistó el Señor para el pueblo de Israel, y son apropiadas para la ganadería de tus siervos. 5 Si nos hemos ganado tu favor, permítenos tomar esas tierras como heredad. No nos hagas cruzar el Jordán.
6 Entonces Moisés les dijo a los rubenitas y a los gaditas:
―¿Os parece justo que vuestros hermanos vayan al combate mientras vosotros os quedáis aquí sentados? 7 Los israelitas se han propuesto conquistar la tierra que el Señor les ha dado; ¿no os dais cuenta de que esto los desanimaría? 8 ¡Esto mismo hicieron vuestros padres cuando yo los envié a explorar la tierra de Cades Barnea! 9 Fueron a inspeccionar la tierra en el valle de Escol y, cuando volvieron, desanimaron a los israelitas para que no entraran en la tierra que el Señor les había dado. 10 Ese día el Señor se encendió en ira y juró: 11 “Por no haberme seguido de todo corazón, ninguno de los mayores de veinte años que salieron de Egipto verá la tierra que juré darles a Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. 12 Ninguno de ellos la verá, con la sola excepción de Caleb hijo de Jefone, el quenizita, y Josué hijo de Nun, los cuales me siguieron de todo corazón”. 13 El Señor se encendió en ira contra Israel, y los hizo vagar por el desierto cuarenta años, hasta que murió toda la generación que había pecado.
14 »¡Y ahora vosotros, raza de pecadores, venís en lugar de vuestros padres para aumentar la ira del Señor contra Israel! 15 Si os negáis a seguir al Señor, él volverá a dejar en el desierto a todo este pueblo, y vosotros seréis la causa de su destrucción».
16 Entonces ellos se acercaron otra vez a Moisés, y le dijeron:
―Vamos a construir corrales para el ganado, y a edificar ciudades para nuestros niños. 17 Sin embargo, tomaremos las armas y marcharemos al frente de los israelitas hasta llevarlos a su lugar. Mientras tanto, nuestros niños vivirán en ciudades fortificadas que los protejan de los habitantes del país. 18 No volveremos a nuestras casas hasta que cada uno de los israelitas haya recibido su heredad. 19 Nosotros no queremos compartir con ellos ninguna heredad al otro lado del Jordán, porque nuestra heredad está aquí, en el lado oriental del río.
20 Moisés les contestó:
―Si estáis dispuestos a hacerlo así, tomad las armas y marchad al combate. 21 Cruzad con vuestras armas el Jordán, y con la ayuda del Señor luchad hasta que él haya quitado del camino a vuestros enemigos. 22 Cuando a vuestro paso el Señor haya sometido la tierra, entonces podréis regresar a casa, pues habréis cumplido con vuestro deber hacia el Señor y hacia Israel. Y con la aprobación del Señor esta tierra será vuestra.
23 »Pero, si os negáis, estaréis pecando contra el Señor. Y podéis estar seguros de que no escaparéis de vuestro pecado. 24 Edificad ciudades para vuestros niños, y construid corrales para vuestro ganado, pero cumplid también lo que habéis prometido».
25 Los gaditas y los rubenitas le dijeron a Moisés:
―Tus siervos harán tal como el Señor ha mandado. 26 Aquí en las ciudades de Galaad se quedarán nuestros niños, y todos nuestros ganados y rebaños, 27 pero tus siervos cruzarán con sus armas el Jordán para pelear a la vanguardia del Señor, tal como él lo ha ordenado.
28 Así que Moisés dio las siguientes instrucciones al sacerdote Eleazar, y a Josué hijo de Nun y a los jefes de las familias patriarcales de las tribus de Israel:
29 ―Si los gaditas y los rubenitas, armados para la guerra, cruzan el Jordán con vosotros y conquistáis el país, como el Señor quiere, vosotros les entregaréis como heredad la tierra de Galaad. 30 Pero, si no lo cruzan, ellos recibirán su heredad entre vosotros en Canaán.
31 Los gaditas y los rubenitas respondieron:
―Tus siervos haremos lo que el Señor ha mandado. 32 Tal como él lo quiere, cruzaremos armados delante del Señor a la tierra de Canaán. Pero nuestra heredad estará de este lado del Jordán.
33 Entonces Moisés entregó a los gaditas y rubenitas, y a la media tribu de Manasés hijo de José, el reino de Sijón, rey de los amorreos, y el reino de Og, rey de Basán. Les entregó la tierra con las ciudades que estaban dentro de sus fronteras, es decir, las ciudades de todo el país.
34 Los gaditas edificaron las ciudades de Dibón, Atarot, Aroer, 35 Atarot Sofán, Jazer, Yogbea, 36 Bet Nimrá y Bet Arán. Las edificaron como ciudades fortificadas, y construyeron corrales para sus rebaños. 37 También edificaron las ciudades de Hesbón, Elalé, Quiriatayin, 38 Nebo, Baal Megón y Sibma, y les cambiaron el nombre.
39 Los descendientes de Maquir hijo de Manasés fueron a Galaad y la conquistaron, echando de allí a los amorreos que la habitaban. 40 Entonces Moisés entregó Galaad a los maquiritas, que eran descendientes de Manasés, y ellos se establecieron allí. 41 Yaír hijo de Manasés capturó algunas aldeas y les puso por nombre Javot Yaír. 42 Noba capturó Quenat y sus aldeas, y a la región le dio su propio nombre.
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