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Their husbands were from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, so their land stayed in their father's family group and tribe.

See, I have given you this land, so go in and take it for yourselves. The Lord promised it to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants."

The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.

So choose some men from each tribe—wise men who have understanding and experience—and I will make them leaders over you."

So I took the wise and experienced leaders of your tribes, and I made them your leaders. I appointed commanders over a thousand people, over a hundred people, over fifty people, and over ten people and made them officers over your tribes.

Look, here it is! Go up and take it. The Lord , the God of your ancestors, told you to do this, so don't be afraid and don't worry."

I thought that was a good idea, so I chose twelve of your men, one for each tribe.

So I told you, but you would not listen. You would not obey the Lord 's command. You were proud, so you went on up into the mountains,

So you came back and cried before the Lord , but the Lord did not listen to you; he refused to pay attention to you.

So you stayed in Kadesh a long time.

So we passed by our relatives, the descendants of Esau who lived in Edom. We turned off the Jordan Valley road that comes from the towns of Elath and Ezion Geber and traveled along the desert road to Moab.

And the Lord said to me, "Now get up and cross the Zered Valley." So we crossed the valley.

The Lord said, "Get up and cross the Arnon Ravine. See, I am giving you the power to defeat Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I am giving you his land. So fight against him and begin taking his land.

The descendants of Esau in Edom let us go through their land, and so did the Moabites in Ar. We want to cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God has given us."

So the Lord our God gave us Og king of Bashan and all his army; we defeated them and left no one alive.

So at that time we took the land east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon Ravine to Mount Hermon, from these two Amorite kings.

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole area of Argob, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. So that land was named for Jair, and even today Bashan is called the Towns of Jair.)

Please let me cross the Jordan River so that I may see the good land by the Jordan. I want to see the beautiful mountains and Lebanon."

So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth Peor.

Now, Israel, listen to the laws and commands I will teach you. Obey them so that you will live and so that you will go over and take the land the Lord , the God of your ancestors, is giving to you.