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27 And we thy servants all well appointed will 40 And Moses gave the land of Galaad to
march on to the war, as thou, my lord, speakest. Machir the son of Manasses, and he dwelt in it.
28 Moses therefore commanded Eleazar the 41 And Jair the son of Manasses went, and
priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes took the villages thereof, and he called them
of the families of all the tribes of Israel, and said Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair.
to them: 42 Nobe also went, and took Canath with
29 If the children of Gad, and the children of the villages thereof: and he called it by his own
Ruben pass with you over the Jordan, all armed name, Nobe.
for war before the Lord, and the land be made
subject to you: give them Galaad in possession.
30 But if they will not pass armed with you Chapter 33
into the land of Chanaan, let them receive places
to dwell in among you. These are the mansions of the children of Israel,
who went out of Egypt by their troops under the
31 And the children of Gad, and the children
of Ruben answered: As the Lord hath spoken to conduct of Moses and Aaron,
his servants, so will we do: 2 Which Moses wrote down according to the
32 We will go armed before the Lord into the places of their encamping, which they changed
land of Chanaan, and we confess that we have by the commandment of the Lord.
already received our possession beyond the Jor- 3 Now the children of Israel departed from
dan. Ramesses the first month, on the fifteenth day
33 Moses therefore gave to the children of Gad of the first month, the day after the phase, with
and of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasses a mighty hand, in the sight of all the Egyptians,
the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sehon king 4 Who were burying their firstborn, whom the
of the Amorrhites, and the kingdom of Og king Lord had slain (upon their gods also he had ex-
of Basan, and their land and the cities thereof ecuted vengeance,)
round about. 5 And they camped in Soccoth.
34 And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and 6 And from Soccoth they came into Etham,
Ataroth, and Aroer, which is in the uttermost borders of the wilder-
35 And Etroth, and Sophan, and Jazer, and ness.
Jegbaa, 7 Departing from thence they came over
36 And Bethnemra, and Betharan, fenced against Phihahiroth, which looketh towards
cities, and folds for their cattle. Beelsephon, and they camped before Magdalum.
37 But the children of Ruben built Hesebon, 8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they
and Eleale, and Cariathaim, passed through the midst of the sea into the
38 And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their names be- wilderness: and having marched three days
ing changed) and Sabama: giving names to the through the desert of Etham, they camped in
cities which they had built. Mara.
39 Moreover the children of Machir, the son of 9 And departing from Mara, they came into
Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cut- Elim, where there were twelve fountains of wa-
ting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof. ters, and seventy palm trees: and there they