23. “But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.
24. Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
25. The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
27. but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord says.”
28. So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29. Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
30. but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
31. The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.
32. We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”
33. Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan; the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
34. The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35. Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36. Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
37. The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38. Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
39. The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
40. Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.