Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a verygreatmultitude of cattle: and whenthey saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
For whentheywent up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, theydiscouraged the heart of the children of Israel, thattheyshould not go into the landwhich the LORD had giventhem.
Surelynone of the men thatcame up out of Egypt, fromtwentyyears old and upward, shall see the landwhich I swareuntoAbraham, untoIsaac, and untoJacob; becausetheyhave not whollyfollowed me:
And the LORD’Sanger was kindledagainstIsrael, and he madethemwander in the wildernessfortyyears, until all the generation, that had doneevil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
But we ourselveswill go readyarmedbefore the children of Israel, until we havebroughtthemuntotheirplace: and our littleonesshalldwell in the fencedcitiesbecause of the inhabitants of the land.
And the land be subduedbefore the LORD: thenafterward ye shallreturn, and be guiltlessbefore the LORD, and beforeIsrael; and thislandshall be yourpossessionbefore the LORD.
And Mosessaiduntothem, If the children of Gad and the children of Reubenwillpasswith you overJordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the landshall be subduedbefore you; then ye shallgivethem the land of Gilead for a possession:
And Mosesgaveuntothem, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and untohalf the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihonking of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the citiesthereof in the coasts, even the cities of the countryroundabout.