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the land which Yahweh smote before the assembly of Israel, a land for cattle, it is, - and, thy servants, have cattle.

And they said - If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land he given unto thy servants, for a possession, - do not take us over the Jordan.

save Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite, and Joshua, son of Nun, - for they followed after Yahweh, fully.

Then came they near unto him, and said, Folds, for flocks, would we build for our cattle, here, - and cities for our little ones;

For we would not inherit with them, over the Jordan, and onwards, - because our inheritance hath come unto us on this side the Jordan towards sunrise.

And Moses said unto them, If ye will indeed do this thing, - if ye will arm yourselves, before Yahweh, for the war;

and the land be subdued before Yahweh then afterwards, shall ye return, and shall be acquitted by Yahweh and by Israel, - and this land shall be yours for a possession before Yahweh.

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, - and then that which hath gone forth from your mouth, ye shall do.

and thy servants, will pass over every one armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, - as, my lord is speaking.

and Moses said unto them - If the sons of Gad and the son of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every one armed for the war before Yahweh, and the land be subdued before you, then shall ye give unto them the land of Gilead, for a possession.

and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, - fortified cities and folds for flocks.

And they brake up from Alush, - and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

So shall ye possess the land, and settle down therein, - for unto you, have given the land to possess it.

And ye shall take your inheritance in the land by lot by your families - for the large one, ye shall make large his inheritance, and for the small one, make small his inheritance, whithersoever the lot cometh out to him, his, shall, it be, by the tribes of your fathers, shall ye take your inheritance.

and the boundary shall go round for you from the south towards the cliffs of Akrabbim, then cross over towards Zin, and the extension thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, then shall it reach out to Hazar-addar, and cross over towards Azmon;

And, for a west boundary, - ye shall have the great sea, even a boundary, this, shall serve you as west boundary.

And, this, shall serve you as a north boundary, - From the great sea, ye shall draw a line for you to Mount Hor:

Then shall ye draw for yourselves a line, for an east boundary, - from Hazar-enan towards Shepham;

For the tribe of the sons of the Reubenites by their ancestral house, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, by their ancestral house, have received, and, the half tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:

These, are the names of the men who shall receive for you the land, as an inheritance, Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, son of Nun.