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"the land that the LORD subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”"
— Numbers 32:4, NET Bible
“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, 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:”
The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,
the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
the land that the LORD subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”
So they said,“If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.”
Moses’ Response Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites,“Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?
Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the LORD has given them?