Num 32:1-10 | HCSB | STEP | The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock . When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead , they saw that the region was a good one for livestock .

Numbers 32:1-10

1 The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock. 2 So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said: 3 “The territory of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, ^{▼▼Sam, LXX read Sibmah (v. 38); Syr reads Sebah} Nebo, and Beon, 4 which the Lord struck down ^b before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.” 5 They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”

6 But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your brothers go to war while you stay here? 7 Why are you discouraging ^{▼▼Lit discouraging the hearts of} the Israelites from crossing into the land the Lord has given them? 8 That’s what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. ^d 9 After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them. 10 So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath: