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Under his command we will cross into the land of Canaan and go into battle, so that we can retain our property here east of the Jordan."

So Moses assigned to the tribes of Gad and Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh all the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan, including the towns and the country around them.

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir, and they lived there.

so that there is a square area measuring one thousand yards on each side, with the city in the middle.

So Moses gave the people of Israel the following command from the Lord . He said, "What the tribe of Manasseh says is right,

and so the Lord says that the daughters of Zelophehad are free to marry anyone they wish but only within their own tribe.

So Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, did as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they married their cousins.

So I took the wise and experienced leaders you chose from your tribes, and I placed them in charge of you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten. I also appointed other officials throughout the tribes.

"But you came to me and said, ‘Let's send men ahead of us to spy out the land, so that they can tell us the best route to take and what kind of cities are there.'

"That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.

You grumbled to one another: ‘The Lord hates us. He brought us out of Egypt just to hand us over to these Amorites, so that they could kill us.

"The Lord heard your complaints and became angry, and so he solemnly declared,

So you cried out to the Lord for help, but he would not listen to you or pay any attention to you.

"So then, after we had stayed at Kadesh for a long time,

but you must not start a war with them, because I am not going to give you so much as a square foot of their land. I have given Edom to Esau's descendants.

"So we moved on and left the road that goes from the towns of Elath and Eziongeber to the Dead Sea, and we turned northeast toward Moab.

They were as tall as the Anakim. There were many of them, and they were a mighty race. But the Lord destroyed them, so that the Ammonites took over their land and settled there.

The Lord had done the same thing for the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, who live in the hill country of Edom. He destroyed the Horites, so that the Edomites took over their land and settled there, where they still live.

"But King Sihon would not let us pass through his country. The Lord your God had made him stubborn and rebellious, so that we could defeat him and take his territory, which we still occupy.

"So the Lord also placed King Og and his people in our power, and we slaughtered them all.