- The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.
- So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,
- "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon-
- the land the LORD subdued before the people of Israel--are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
- If we have found favor in your eyes," they said, "let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan."
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- Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
- The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
- Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
- Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
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