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So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

…and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,

But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.

And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

…as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:

…who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

…you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.