1 The men of Reuben and Gad had many cows. They saw Jazer and Gilead were good for cows. 2 They went to Moses, Eleazar, and the leader men to talk. ♂️️ 3 They said, “Here are towns: Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, Beon.” ️ 4 They said, “God let us win this land. It is good for cows. We have cows.” ️ 5 “Please give us this land. Do not make us go past the big river.” 6 Moses said, “Will your brothers go fight while you sit here?” 7 “Do not make the people sad. Do not stop them from going to the land.” 8 “Your dads did this before. I sent men from Kadesh-barnea to look at the land.” ️ 9 “They went to the Eshcol valley. They saw the land. But they made the people sad, so they would not go.” 10 “God was mad. God said, ‘The men who said no will not see the land.’” ⚡ 11 “They did not follow God. Only Caleb and Joshua did.” ❌✅ 12 “Caleb and Joshua obeyed God all the way.” 13 “So God made them walk for 40 years. The men who said no died.” ️⏳ 14 “Now you act like them. Do not make God mad again.” ⚠️ 15 “If you turn away, God may leave us in the wild. Then all the people will be hurt.” ️ 16 The men said, “We will build pens for cows and towns for our kids here.” 17 “We will go first to help fight. Our kids will stay safe in the towns.” ️️️ 18 “We will not come back until all the people have land.” ⏳️ 19 “We will not take land on the far side of the river. Our land is here, on this side.” ⬅️️ 20 Moses said, “If you do this, then go and fight for God.” ⚔️ 21 “All of you must cross with your gear and help until God wins.” ♂️️ 22 “When the land is safe, you can come back. Then this land will be yours.” ✅ 23 “But if you do not do it, you do wrong. Your wrong will be known.” ⚠️❌ 24 “So build your towns and your pens. Do what you said.” ️ 25 Gad and Reuben said, “We will do what you say.” 26 “Our kids, our wives, and our cows will stay in the towns in Gilead.” ️ 27 “But we will cross first to fight, like you said.” ️♂️⚔️ 28 Moses told Eleazar, Joshua, and the leader men the plan. ️ 29 He said, “If Gad and Reuben cross and fight and win, give them Gilead.” ✅️ 30 “But if they will not cross to fight, they must live with you in Canaan.” ❌⚔️➡️️ 31 Gad and Reuben said, “We will do what God and you said.” 32 “We will go with our gear into Canaan. Then this east land will be ours.” ️➡️️ 33 Moses gave land to Gad, Reuben, and half of Manasseh: the land of Sihon and Og, with towns and fields. ️ 34 Gad built towns: Dibon, Ataroth, and Aroer. ️ 35 Gad also built Atroth-shophan, Jazer, and Jogbehah. ️ 36 Gad built Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran. They made walls and pens. ️ 37 Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kirjathaim. ️ 38 Reuben built Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They gave new names to the towns. ️️ 39 The men of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead. They fought and won it from the Amorites. ⚔️️ 40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir. He lived there. 41 Jair, son of Manasseh, took small towns and named them Havoth-jair. ️ 42 Nobah took Kenath and its towns and named it Nobah. ️