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And one goat for a sinne offering, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offering, and his drinke offering.

These things ye shall doe vnto the Lord in your set feasts, besides your vowes, and your free will offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meate offerings, and for your drinke offerings, and for your peace offerings.

So there were deliuered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of euery tribe, twelue thousand armed for warre.

But all the women children that haue not knowen a man by lying with him, keepe aliue for your selues.

Take it of their halfe, and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, for an heaue offering of the Lord.

Wee haue therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what euerie man hath gotten, of iewels of golde chaines, and bracelets, rings, earerings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our soules before the Lord.

(For the men of warre had taken spoile, euery man for himselfe.)

And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the gold of the captaines, of thousands, and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a memoriall for the children of Israel before the Lord.

Now the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, had a very great multitude of cattell: and when they saw the land of Iazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for cattell;

Euen the countrey which the Lord smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a land for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell.

Wherefore, said they, if wee haue found grace in thy sight, let this lande be giuen vnto thy seruants for a possession, and bring vs not ouer Iordane.

For when they went vp vnto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not goe into the land which the Lord had giuen them.

Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh the Kenezite, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun: for they haue wholly followed the Lord.

For if yee turne away from after him, hee will yet againe leaue them in the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all this people.

And they came neere vnto him, and said, Wee will build sheepfoldes here for our cattell, and cities for our litle ones.

For wee will not inherite with them on yonder side Iordane, or forward, because our inheritance is fallen to vs on this side Iordane Eastward.

Build ye cities for your litle ones, and folds for your sheepe, and doe that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

But thy seruants will passe ouer, euery man armed for warre, before the Lord to battell, as my lord saith.

And Moses said vnto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben will passe with you ouer Iordane, euery man armed to battell before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall giue them the land of Gilead for a possession:

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and foldes for sheepe.