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Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.

And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

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

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

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

We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, 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.

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