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([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)

Moshe and El`azar the Kohen took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Yisra'el before the LORD.

Now the children of Re'uven and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Ya`zer, and the land of Gil`ad, that behold, the place was a place for cattle;

the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Yisra'el, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle.

They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over the Yarden.

For when they went up to the valley of Eshkol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Yisra'el, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people.

They came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Yarden, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Yarden eastward.

and the land is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless towards the LORD, and towards Yisra'el; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the LORD.

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.

but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.

Moshe said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Re'uven will pass with you over the Yarden, every man who is armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gil`ad for a possession:

and Beit-Nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

They journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Refidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for to you have I given the land to possess it.

Command the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, When you come into the land of Kana`an (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Kana`an according to the borders of it),

For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.

This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you Mount Hor;

for the tribe of the children of Re'uven according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Menashsheh have received, their inheritance: