¹Now the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] and the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Ya’zer [Helped] , and the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] , that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;

²The children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] and the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] came and spoke unto Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] , and to El’azar [God has helped] the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

³‘Atarot [Crowns] , and Divon [Wasting] , and Ya’zer [Helped] , and Nimrah [Pure] , and Heshbon [Stronghold] , and El’aleh [God is Ascending] , and S’vam [Fragrance] , and Nevo [Prophet] , and Be’on [Indwelling] ,

⁴[Even] the country which the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) struck before the congregation of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , [is] a land for cattle, and youi servants have cattle:

⁵For what reason, said they, if we have found grace in youi sight, let this land be given unto youi servants for a possession, [and] bring us not over Yarden [Descender] .

⁶And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] said unto the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] and to the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] , Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you2f sit here?

⁷And wherefore discourage you2f the heart of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] from going over into the land which the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has given them?

⁸Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh [Holy] -Barnea [Holy] to see the land.

⁹For when they went up unto the valley of Eshkol [Cluster] , and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , that they should not go into the land which the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had given them.

¹⁰And the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,

¹¹Surely none of the men that came up out of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] , from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Avraham [Exalted Father] , unto Yitz’khak [Laughter] , and unto Ya’akov [Heal of God] ; because they have not wholly followed me:

¹²Save Kalev [Dog] the son of Y’funeh [He Will Face] the K’nizi [The Sons of Kenez] , and Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the son of Nun [Posterity] : for they have wholly followed the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

¹³And the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anger was kindled against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , was consumed.

¹⁴And, behold, you2f are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) toward Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

¹⁵For if you2f turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you2f shall destroy all this people.

¹⁶And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

¹⁷But we ourselves will go ready armed before the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁸We will not return unto our houses, until the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] have inherited every man his inheritance.

¹⁹For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Yarden [Descender] , or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Yarden [Descender] eastward.

²⁰And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] said unto them, If you2f will do this thing, if you2f will go armed before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) to war,

²¹And will go all of you armed over Yarden [Descender] before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

²²And the land be subdued before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) : then afterward you2f shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , and before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

²³But if you2f will not do so, behold, you2f have sinned against the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) : and be sure your sin will find you out.

²⁴Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.

²⁵And the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] and the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] spoke unto Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] , saying, You1s servants will do as my lord commands.

²⁶Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] :

²⁷But youi servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) to battle, as my lord says.

²⁸So concerning them Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] commanded El’azar [God has helped] the priest, and Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the son of Nun [Posterity] , and the chief fathers of the tribes of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] :

²⁹And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] said unto them, If the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] and the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] will pass with you over Yarden [Descender] , every man armed to battle, before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , and the land shall be subdued before you; then you2f shall give them the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] for a possession:

³⁰But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Kena’an [Merchant] .

³¹And the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] and the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] answered, saying, As the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has said unto youi servants, so will we do.

³²We will pass over armed before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) into the land of Kena’an [Merchant] , that the possession of our inheritance on this side Yarden [Descender] [may be] ours.

³³And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] , and to the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] , and unto half the tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] the son of Yosef [(God) He Shall Add] , the kingdom of Sichon [Warrior] king of the Emori [Highlanders] , and the kingdom of ‘Og [Long-necked] king of Bashan [Fruitful] , the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the country round about.

³⁴And the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] built Divon [Wasting] , and ‘Atarot [Crowns] , and ‘Aeo’er [Ruins] ,

³⁵And ‘Artrot-Shofan [Crowns in Their Rapine] , and Ya’zer [Helped] , and Yogbehah [Lofty] ,

³⁶And Beit-Nimrah [House of the Leopard] , and Beit-Haran [mountaineer] [House of the Joyful Shouter] , fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

³⁷And the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son] built Heshbon [Stronghold] , and El’aleh [God is Ascending] , and Kiryatayim [Two Cities] ,

³⁸And Nevo [Prophet] , and Ba’al-M’on [lord of the Habitation] , (their names being changed,) and Sivmah [Fragrance] : and gave other names unto the cities which they built.

³⁹And the children of Makhir [Sold] the son of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] went to Gil’ad [Rocky Region] , and took it, and dispossessed the Emori [Rebellious Highlanders] which [was] in it.

⁴⁰And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] gave Gil’ad [Rocky Region] unto Makhir [Sold] the son of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] ; and he dwelt in it.

⁴¹And Ya’ir [He Enlightens] the son of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] went and took the small to (to do entirely, do wholly)wns thereof, and called them Havot-Ya’ir [Villages of the Enlighteners] .

⁴²And Novach [Barking] went and took K’nat [Possession] , and the villages thereof, and called it Novach [Barking] , after his own name.