25. So the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben said to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.
26. Our little children, our wives, our livestock, and all of our animals will remain in the cities of Gilead,
27. but your servants, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross over before Yahweh to the war, just as my lord says.”
28. So Moses commanded them, Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the Israelites.
29. Moses said to them, “If the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben, everyone who is armed for the war, cross over the Jordan before Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, you will give them the land of Gilead as property.
30. But if they will not cross over with you armed, they will acquire land in your midst in Canaan.”
31. The descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben answered and said, “What Yahweh has commanded your servants, we will do.
32. We ourselves will cross over armed before Yahweh to the land of Canaan, and the property of our inheritance will remain with us beyond the Jordan.”
33. So Moses gave to them, to the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben, and to half of the tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon the king of Amorites and the kingdom of Og the king of the Bashan, the land with its cities and their territories, the cities of the surrounding land.
34. The descendants of Gad rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, and Aroer,
35. and Atroth Shophan, Jazer, and Jogbehah,
36. and Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, the cities of Mibzar, and the sheep pens for flocks.
37. The descendants of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
38. and Nebo, Baal Meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah, and they renamed the cities that they rebuilt.
39. The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and they captured it and drove out the Amorites who were in it.
40. So Moses gave Gilead to Makir son of Manasseh, and he lived in it.
41. And Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their unwalled villages, and he called them Havvoth Jair.