Catholic Public Domain Version
"the land, which the Lord has struck in the sight of the sons of Israel, is a very fertile region for pasturing animals. And we, your servants, have very many cattle. "
— Numbers 32:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:”
“the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle. ”
“the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock."”
“the land that the LORD subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.””
“The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the sight of the children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beasts: and we thy servants have very much cattle:”
“The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”
“Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:”
Now the sons of Ruben and of Gad had many herds, and their substance in cattle was inestimable. And when they had seen that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for feeding animals,
they went to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the multitude, and they said:
“Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
the land, which the Lord has struck in the sight of the sons of Israel, is a very fertile region for pasturing animals. And we, your servants, have very many cattle.
And so we beseech you, if we have found favor before you, that you give it to us, your subjects, as a possession, and that you not cause us cross the Jordan.”
And Moses answered them: “Should your brothers go to battle, while you sit here?
Why do you subvert the minds of the sons of Israel, so that they might not dare to cross into the place which the Lord will give to them?