Numeri 32

Nuova Riveduta 2006

Il paese di Galaad concesso alle tribù di Gad e di Ruben

32 ^(A)I figli di Ruben e i figli di Gad avevano del bestiame in grandissimo numero; e quando videro che il paese di Iazer e il paese di Galaad erano luoghi da bestiame, ²i figli di Gad e i figli di Ruben vennero a parlare a Mosè, al sacerdote Eleazar e ai prìncipi della comunità, e dissero: ³«Atarot, Dibon, Iazer, Nimra, Chesbon, Eleale, Sebam, Nebo e Beon, ⁴terre che il Signore ha colpito davanti alla comunità d’Israele, sono terre da bestiame, e i tuoi servi hanno del bestiame». ⁵Dissero ancora: «Se abbiamo trovato grazia agli occhi tuoi, sia concesso ai tuoi servi di possedere questo paese. Non ci far passare il Giordano».

⁶Ma Mosè rispose ai figli di Gad e ai figli di Ruben: «I vostri fratelli andranno dunque a combattere e voi ve ne starete qui? ⁷Perché volete scoraggiare i figli d’Israele dal passare nel paese che il Signore ha loro dato? ⁸Così fecero i vostri padri quando li mandai da Cades-Barnea per esplorare il paese. ⁹Salirono fino alla valle di Escol; e, dopo aver esplorato il paese, scoraggiarono i figli d’Israele dall’entrare nel paese che il Signore aveva dato loro. ¹⁰L’ira del Signore si accese in quel giorno, ed egli giurò: ¹¹“Gli uomini che sono saliti dall’Egitto, dall’età di vent’anni in su, non vedranno mai il paese che promisi con giuramento ad Abraamo, a Isacco e a Giacobbe, perché non mi hanno seguito fedelmente, ¹²salvo Caleb, figlio di Gefunne, il Chenizeo, e Giosuè, figlio di Nun, che hanno seguito il Signore fedelmente”. ¹³L’ira del Signore si accese contro Israele; ed egli lo fece andare vagando per il deserto durante quarant’anni, finché tutta la generazione che aveva fatto ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore fu consumata. ¹⁴Ed ecco che voi prendete il posto dei vostri padri, razza di uomini peccatori, per rendere l’ira del Signore ancora più ardente contro Israele. ¹⁵Perché se voi vi sviate da lui, egli continuerà a lasciare Israele nel deserto e voi farete perire tutto questo popolo».

¹⁶Ma quelli si avvicinarono a Mosè e gli dissero: «Noi costruiremo qui dei recinti per il nostro bestiame e delle città per i nostri figli; ¹⁷ma, quanto a noi, ci terremo pronti, in armi, per marciare alla testa dei figli d’Israele, finché li abbiamo condotti al luogo loro destinato; intanto i nostri figli abiteranno nelle città fortificate a causa degli abitanti del paese. ¹⁸Non torneremo alle nostre case finché ciascuno dei figli d’Israele non abbia preso possesso della sua eredità; ¹⁹e non possederemo nulla con loro di là dal Giordano e più oltre, poiché la nostra eredità ci è toccata da questa parte del Giordano, a oriente».

²⁰E Mosè disse loro: «Se fate questo, se vi armate per andare a combattere davanti al Signore, ²¹se le vostre truppe passeranno il Giordano davanti al Signore finché egli abbia cacciato i suoi nemici dalla sua presenza, ²²e se tornate solo quando il paese vi sarà sottomesso davanti al Signore, voi non sarete colpevoli di fronte al Signore e di fronte a Israele, e questo paese sarà vostra proprietà davanti al Signore. ²³Ma se non fate così, voi avrete peccato contro il Signore; e sappiate che il vostro peccato vi ritroverà. ²⁴Costruite dunque delle città per i vostri figli e dei recinti per le vostre greggi, ma fate quello che avete promesso».

²⁵E i figli di Gad e i figli di Ruben dissero a Mosè: «I tuoi servi faranno quello che il mio signore comanda. ²⁶I nostri bambini, le nostre mogli, le nostre greggi e tutto il nostro bestiame rimarranno qui nella città di Galaad; ²⁷ma i tuoi servi, tutti quanti armati per la guerra, andranno a combattere davanti al Signore, come dice il mio signore».

²⁸Allora Mosè diede per loro degli ordini al sacerdote Eleazar, a Giosuè figlio di Nun e ai capi famiglia delle tribù dei figli d’Israele. ²⁹Mosè disse loro: «Se i figli di Gad e i figli di Ruben passano con voi il Giordano tutti armati per combattere davanti al Signore e se il paese sarà sottomesso davanti a voi, darete loro come proprietà il paese di Galaad. ³⁰Ma se non passano armati con voi, avranno la loro proprietà tra di voi nel paese di Canaan».

³¹I figli di Gad e i figli di Ruben risposero dicendo: «Faremo come il Signore ha detto ai tuoi servi. ³²Passeremo in armi, davanti al Signore, nel paese di Canaan; ma il possesso della nostra eredità resti, per noi, di qua dal Giordano».

³³^(B)Mosè dunque diede ai figli di Gad, ai figli di Ruben e alla metà della tribù di Manasse, figlio di Giuseppe, il regno di Sicon, re degli Amorei, e il regno di Og, re di Basan: il paese, le sue città e i territori delle città del paese all’intorno.

³⁴I figli di Gad costruirono Dibon, Atarot, Aroer, ³⁵Atrot-Sofan, Iazer, Iogbea, ³⁶Bet-Nimra e Bet-Aran, città fortificate, e fecero dei recinti per le greggi.

³⁷I figli di Ruben costruirono Chesbon, Eleale, Chiriataim, ³⁸Nebo e Baal-Meon, i cui nomi furono mutati, e Sibma. Essi diedero il nome alle città che costruirono.

³⁹I figli di Machir, figlio di Manasse, andarono nel paese di Galaad, lo presero e ne cacciarono gli Amorei che vi stavano. ⁴⁰Mosè dunque diede Galaad a Machir, figlio di Manasse, che vi si stabilì. ⁴¹Iair, figlio di Manasse, andò anche lui e prese i borghi, che chiamò Borghi di Iair. ⁴²Noba andò e prese Chenat con i suoi villaggi, e la chiamò Noba, secondo il proprio nome.

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, ²the 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, ⁴the country ^(H)which the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” ⁵Therefore 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.”

⁶And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? ⁷Now why will you ^(I)discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them? ⁸Thus your fathers did ^(J)when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea ^(K)to see the land. ⁹For ^(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, ¹²except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, ^(P)for they have wholly followed the Lord.’ ¹³So 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. ¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵For if you ^(T)turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”

¹⁶Then they came near to him and said: “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, ¹⁷but ^(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. ¹⁹For 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.”

²⁰Then ^(X)Moses said to them: “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before the Lord for the war, ²¹and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies from before Him, ²²and ^(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. ²³But 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.”

²⁵And 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.”

²⁸So 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. ²⁹And 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. ³⁰But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”

³¹Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: “As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do. ³²We 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.”

³³So ^(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. ³⁴And the children of Gad built ^(AI)Dibon and Ataroth and ^(AJ)Aroer, ³⁵Atroth and Shophan and ^(AK)Jazer and Jogbehah, ³⁶^(AL)Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, ^(AM)fortified cities, and folds for sheep. ³⁷And 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.

³⁹And the children of ^(AR)Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and ^[c]dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. ⁴⁰So Moses ^(AS)gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it. ⁴¹Also ^(AT)Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them ^(AU)Havoth Jair.^[d] ⁴²Then 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

Numbers 32

New International Version

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) ²So 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)— ⁴the land the Lord subdued^(O) before the people of Israel—are suitable for livestock,^(P) and your servants have livestock. ⁵If 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)”

⁶Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here? ⁷Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them?^(R) ⁸This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.^(S) ⁹After 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. ¹⁰The 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)— ¹²not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.’^(AA) ¹³The 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) ¹⁵If 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)”

¹⁶Then 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. ¹⁷But 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. ¹⁸We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has received their inheritance.^(AJ) ¹⁹We 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)

²⁰Then Moses said to them, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle^(AM) ²¹and if all of you who are armed cross over the Jordan before the Lord until he has driven his enemies out before him^(AN)— ²²then 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) ²⁴Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks,^(AS) but do what you have promised.^(AT)”

²⁵The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands.^(AU) ²⁶Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.^(AV) ²⁷But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight^(AW) before the Lord, just as our lord says.”

²⁸Then 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) ²⁹He 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) ³⁰But if they do not cross over^(BC) with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.^(BD)”

³¹The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has said.^(BE) ³²We will cross over before the Lord into Canaan armed,^(BF) but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.^(BG)”

³³Then 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)

³⁴The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,^(BM) ³⁵Atroth Shophan, Jazer,^(BN) Jogbehah,^(BO) ³⁶Beth Nimrah^(BP) and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.^(BQ) ³⁷And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon,^(BR) Elealeh^(BS) and Kiriathaim,^(BT) ³⁸as well as Nebo^(BU) and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah.^(BV) They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

³⁹The descendants of Makir^(BW) son of Manasseh went to Gilead,^(BX) captured it and drove out the Amorites^(BY) who were there. ⁴⁰So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites,^(BZ) the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. ⁴¹Jair,^(CA) a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.^[b]^(CB) ⁴²And 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

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Numeri 32

Nuova Riveduta 2006

Il paese di Galaad concesso alle tribù di Gad e di Ruben

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Numbers 32

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The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan^(A)

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Numbers 32

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The Transjordan Tribes

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Il paese di Galaad concesso alle tribù di Gad e di Ruben

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The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan(A)

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Numbers 32 New International Version

The Transjordan Tribes

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Nuova Riveduta 2006

Numbers 32

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The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan^(A)

Numbers 32

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