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Numbers 32
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Numbers 32
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Land on the east side of the Jordan River
32 The people in the tribes of Reuben and Gad had very many animals. They saw that the land in Jazer and Gilead was good for their animals. 2 They went to speak to Moses, Eleazar and the other leaders of the Israelites. 3 They said, ‘The land at Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon 4 is good for animals. The Lord has given all this land to us Israelites. We have very many animals, 5 so please let us have this land for our animals. Let us have this land to live on, instead of land on the other side of the Jordan River.’[a]
6 Moses said to the men of Reuben and Gad, ‘The other Israelite tribes will go across the river to fight against the people who live there. It is not fair that you should stay here! 7 If you stay here, the rest of the Israelites may not want to cross the river. Do not stop them going into the land that the Lord has given to them! 8 Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to look at the land of Canaan. 9 They went to Eshcol valley and they saw the land. But they told the Israelites that it was not a good idea to go into Canaan. So the people did not go into the land that the Lord had given to them. 10 As a result, the Lord was very angry with them. 11 He promised, “None of the men that I brought out from Egypt will go into the land. It is the land that I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But they have not trusted me completely. So any man who is 20 years old or older will not go into this land. 12 Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun are the only men who will go into the land. They are the only men who trusted me completely.”
13 At that time, the Lord was angry with all the Israelites. He caused them to travel in the desert for 40 years. After that, all the men who had turned against him were dead.’
14 Moses continued to say, ‘Now you are turning against God, as your fathers did. You are as bad as them! You will cause the Lord to be even more angry with the Israelites. 15 If you turn against him, he will leave them here in the desert. If all the Israelite people die, it will be because of you!’
16 The men of Reuben and Gad said to Moses, ‘Let us build strong houses here for our women and our children. We will also build places to keep our animals safe. 17 Then we will be ready to join the other tribes and we will lead them to the battle. While we are fighting, our families will be safe here. The people who live in this land will not be able to hurt them. 18 We will not return to our homes here until all the Israelite tribes receive their own part of the land. 19 We will not receive any of the land on the other side of the Jordan River. Our part of the land will be here, on the east side of the river.’
20 Moses said to the men, ‘You must really do as you have said. You must take your weapons and go to fight for the Lord. 21 Your men must cross over the Jordan River with the other tribes. You must continue to fight until we have won against all our enemies. 22 When the Lord has power over the whole land, then you can return here. You will have done everything that the Lord wants you to do. You will have helped the whole Israelite nation in the way that you should. The Lord will give to you this land on the east side of the Jordan River.
23 But if you do not do what you have promised, that will be a sin against the Lord. And be sure that God will punish you for your sin. 24 So build towns for your families, and build safe places for your animals. But then do everything that you have promised to do.’
25 The men in the tribes of Gad and Reuben said to Moses, ‘Yes sir, we will do what you have said. 26 Our women, children and our animals will stay here in Gilead's towns. 27 But all our men who are able to fight will cross over the river. We will fight on behalf of the Lord, as you have said that we should do.’
28 Moses gave this message to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun and to the leaders of the family clans. 29 He said to them, ‘The men in Reuben's tribe and in Gad's tribe must cross over the Jordan River to fight with you on behalf of the Lord. If they do that, you must give to them the land here in Gilead. When you have won power over the whole land, then this land will belong to them. 30 If they refuse to fight together with the other tribes, they will have no land here. They must have part of the land in Canaan, like the other tribes.’
31 The men in the tribes of Reuben and Gad said, ‘We will do what the Lord has told us to do. 32 We will take our weapons and we will cross over the Jordan River to fight on behalf of the Lord in Canaan. But then we will live in our land here on this side of the river.’
33 So Moses gave to them all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, the king of Bashan. He gave to them the land with its towns and all the land round the towns. He gave it to the descendants of Gad and of Reuben and half of the tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh.
34 The men in the tribe of Gad built up again Dibon, Ataroth and Aroer. 35 They also built up again Atroth-Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 Beth-Nimrah and Beth-Haran. They built houses for their families and their animals. 37 The men in the tribe of Reuben built up again Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim. 38 Nebo, Baal-Meon and Sibmah. They gave new names to the cities that they built up again.
39 The descendants of Makir, the son of Manasseh, attacked Gilead. They sent away the people who lived there. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to the descendants of Makir who was the son of Manasseh. And they lived there. 41 Jair, who was a descendant of Manasseh, attacked some villages. He got power over them and he called them Havvoth-Jair. 42 Nobah attacked Kenath and the villages round it. He called it Nobah, like his own name.
Footnotes
- 32:5 The Israelites were getting near to Canaan from the south-east. They already had power over much of the land east of the Jordan River.
Números 32
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Números 32
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Propiedad familiar de Rubén y Gad(A)
32 Los hijos de Rubén y los hijos de Gad tenían incontables cabezas de ganado, así que cuando vieron la tierra de Jazer y de Galaad, les pareció el lugar ideal para sus ganados. 2 Entonces los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rubén fueron a hablar con Moisés y con el sacerdote Eleazar, lo mismo que con los príncipes de la congregación, y les dijeron:
3 «Atarot, Dibón, Jazer, Nimrá, Jesbón, Eleale, Sebán, Nebo y Beón, 4 es decir, la tierra que el Señor derrotó ante la congregación de Israel, es tierra para ganado, y tus siervos lo tienen. 5 Si te parece bien, ordena que esta tierra le sea dada a tus siervos como su propiedad familiar. ¡No nos hagas cruzar el Jordán!»
6 Moisés les respondió a los hijos de Gad y a los hijos de Rubén:
«¿Y sus hermanos irán a la guerra, mientras ustedes se quedan aquí? 7 ¿Por qué desaniman así a los hijos de Israel, para que no pasen a la tierra que el Señor les ha dado? 8 Eso mismo hicieron los padres de ustedes, cuando desde Cadés Barnea los envié a explorar la tierra. 9 Subieron hasta el torrente de Escol, y luego de ver la tierra desalentaron a los hijos de Israel para que no entraran en la tierra que el Señor les había dado.(B) 10 Entonces la ira del Señor se encendió, por lo que juró: 11 “Los hombres mayores de veinte años, que salieron de Egipto, no fueron perfectos ni me han seguido; por eso no verán la tierra que juré darles a Abrahán, Isaac y Jacob. 12 Sólo la verán Caleb hijo de Yefune el quenizita, y Josué hijo de Nun, porque ellos sí fueron perfectos y me han seguido.” 13 (En efecto, la ira del Señor se encendió contra Israel, y durante cuarenta años los hizo andar errantes por el desierto, hasta que se acabó toda esa generación que hizo lo malo delante del Señor.(C))
14 »Y ahora resulta que ustedes, prole de pecadores, siguen el mal ejemplo de sus padres y añaden más a la ira del Señor contra Israel. 15 Si ustedes se apartan de él, él se apartará de ustedes y los dejará en el desierto, pero ustedes habrán acabado con todo este pueblo.»
16 Entonces ellos hablaron con Moisés y le dijeron:
«Vamos a levantar aquí corrales para nuestro ganado, y ciudades para nuestros hijos, 17 pero nosotros tomaremos las armas y marcharemos sin temor al frente de los hijos de Israel, hasta que los hayamos introducido en su tierra. Nuestros hijos se quedarán en ciudades fortificadas, por causa de los habitantes del país, 18 pero nosotros no volveremos a nuestras casas hasta que los hijos de Israel hayan tomado posesión de la tierra que les corresponde. 19 Nosotros ya no tomaremos posesión de nada que esté al otro lado del Jordán, ni más allá, porque ya tendremos nuestra propia tierra en esta ribera oriental del río Jordán.»
20 Y Moisés les respondió:
«Si realmente lo hacen así, y si se disponen a ir a la guerra delante del Señor, 21 y si delante del Señor todos ustedes toman las armas y cruzan el Jordán, hasta desalojar a sus enemigos delante de ustedes 22 y sojuzgar el país delante del Señor, y si después de eso vuelven, quedarán exculpados ante el Señor y ante Israel, y esta tierra será de ustedes por la voluntad del Señor. 23 Pero si no lo hacen así, habrán pecado a los ojos del Señor, y sepan bien que su pecado los alcanzará. 24 Erijan ciudades para sus niños, y corrales para sus ovejas, y hagan todo lo que han dicho.»
25 Los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rubén respondieron entonces a Moisés:
«Estos siervos tuyos harán lo que tú, señor nuestro, nos has ordenado. 26 Nuestros hijos, nuestras mujeres y nuestros ganados, y todos nuestros animales, se quedarán aquí, en las ciudades de Galaad, 27 y nosotros tus siervos tomaremos las armas y marcharemos a la guerra delante del Señor, tal y como tú, señor nuestro, lo has dicho.»
28 Moisés dio entonces instrucciones al sacerdote Eleazar y a Josué hijo de Nun, lo mismo que a los principales jefes de las tribus de Israel. 29 Les dijo:
«Si los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rubén cruzan el Jordán con ustedes, todos ellos armados delante del Señor y listos para la guerra, después de que ustedes hayan sojuzgado el país les darán posesión de la tierra de Galaad. 30 Pero si no cruzan el río con sus armas, entonces les darán su posesión entre ustedes, en la tierra de Canaán.»
31 Los hijos de Gad y los hijos de Rubén respondieron:
«Haremos todo lo que el Señor les ha dicho a estos siervos tuyos. 32 Delante del Señor cruzaremos el río, e iremos armados a la tierra de Canaán, pero nuestra propiedad familiar será la de este lado del Jordán.»(D)
33 Fue así como Moisés les dio a los hijos de Gad, a los hijos de Rubén, y a la media tribu de Manasés hijo de José, el reino de Sijón, el rey amorreo, y el reino de Og, el rey de Basán, junto con su territorio y sus ciudades, y las ciudades de los alrededores. 34 Los hijos de Gad edificaron Dibón, Atarot, Aroer, 35 Atarot Sofán, Jazer, Yogbeá, 36 y las ciudades fortificadas de Bet Nimrá y Bet Arán, y construyeron corrales para sus ovejas. 37 Los hijos de Rubén edificaron Jesbón, Eleale, Quiriatayin, 38 Nebo, Baal Megón y Sibemá, y a las ciudades que edificaron les dieron otro nombre. 39 Los hijos de Maquir hijo de Manasés fueron a Galaad y la conquistaron, y echaron de allí a los amorreos que la habitaban. 40 A Maquir hijo de Manasés, Moisés le dio Galaad, y Maquir se quedó a vivir en ella. 41 Por su parte, Yaír hijo de Manasés fue y conquistó sus propias aldeas, y les puso por nombre Javot Yaír.[a] 42 Nobaj fue y conquistó Kenat y sus aldeas, y le puso por nombre Nobaj, es decir, su propio nombre.
Footnotes
- Números 32:41 Es decir, las aldeas de Yaír.
Numbers 32
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Numbers 32
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The Transjordan Tribes
32 The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks,(A) saw that the lands of Jazer(B) and Gilead(C) were suitable for livestock.(D) 2 So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community,(E) and said, 3 “Ataroth,(F) Dibon,(G) Jazer,(H) Nimrah,(I) Heshbon,(J) Elealeh,(K) Sebam,(L) Nebo(M) and Beon(N)— 4 the land the Lord subdued(O) before the people of Israel—are suitable for livestock,(P) and your servants have livestock. 5 If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.(Q)”
6 Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here? 7 Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them?(R) 8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.(S) 9 After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol(T) and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them. 10 The Lord’s anger was aroused(U) that day and he swore this oath:(V) 11 ‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more(W) when they came up out of Egypt(X) will see the land I promised on oath(Y) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(Z)— 12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.’(AA) 13 The Lord’s anger burned against Israel(AB) and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.(AC)
14 “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.(AD) 15 If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.(AE)”
16 Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens(AF) here for our livestock(AG) and cities for our women and children. 17 But we will arm ourselves for battle[a] and go ahead of the Israelites(AH) until we have brought them to their place.(AI) Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has received their inheritance.(AJ) 19 We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance(AK) has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”(AL)
20 Then Moses said to them, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle(AM) 21 and if all of you who are armed cross over the Jordan before the Lord until he has driven his enemies out before him(AN)— 22 then when the land is subdued before the Lord, you may return(AO) and be free from your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. And this land will be your possession(AP) before the Lord.(AQ)
23 “But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.(AR) 24 Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks,(AS) but do what you have promised.(AT)”
25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands.(AU) 26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.(AV) 27 But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight(AW) before the Lord, just as our lord says.”
28 Then Moses gave orders about them(AX) to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun(AY) and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.(AZ) 29 He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you,(BA) you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.(BB) 30 But if they do not cross over(BC) with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.(BD)”
31 The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has said.(BE) 32 We will cross over before the Lord into Canaan armed,(BF) but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.(BG)”
33 Then Moses gave to the Gadites,(BH) the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh(BI) son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites(BJ) and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan(BK)—the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.(BL)
34 The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,(BM) 35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer,(BN) Jogbehah,(BO) 36 Beth Nimrah(BP) and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.(BQ) 37 And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon,(BR) Elealeh(BS) and Kiriathaim,(BT) 38 as well as Nebo(BU) and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah.(BV) They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
39 The descendants of Makir(BW) son of Manasseh went to Gilead,(BX) captured it and drove out the Amorites(BY) who were there. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites,(BZ) the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. 41 Jair,(CA) a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.[b](CB) 42 And Nobah captured Kenath(CC) and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah(CD) after himself.(CE)
Footnotes
- Numbers 32:17 Septuagint; Hebrew will be quick to arm ourselves
- Numbers 32:41 Or them the settlements of Jair
Numbers 32
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Numbers 32
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32 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.
10 And the Lord'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
13 And the Lord'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,
21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
22 And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
32 We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be our's.
33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the 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, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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