The Tribes East of the Jordan
(Deuteronomy 3:12–22; Joshua 13:8–14)

1The childern of Rube and the childern of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell. And whe they sawe the lode of Iaeser and the lode of Gilead yt it was an apte place for catell 2they came and spake vnto Moses and Eleazer ye preast and vnto ye lordes of ye cogregacio sayenge. 3The lode of Ataroth Dibo and Beon 4whiche contre ye Lorde smote before the congregacion of Israel: is a londe for catell and we thy servauntes haue catell 5wherfore (sayed they) yf we haue founde grace in thy syghte let this londe be geuen vnto thy servauntes to possesse and bringe vs not ouer Iordane.

6And Moses sayed vnto the childre of Gad and of Ruben: shall youre brethern goo to warre and ye tarye here? 7Wherfore discorage ye the hertes of the children of Israel for to goo ouer into the londe which the Lorde hath geue them? 8This dyd youre fathers whe I sent them from Cades bernea to se the londe. 9And they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escol and sawe the londe and discoraged the hertes of the childern of Israel that they shulde not goo in to the londe whiche the Lorde had geuen them. 10And the Lorde was wroth the same tyme and sware sayenge: 11None of the men that came out of Egipte fro twentye yere olde and aboue shall se the londe whiche I swore vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not continually folowed me: 12saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Kenesite and Iosua the sonne of Nun for they haue folowed me continually. 13And the Lorde was angrie with Israel and made them wandre in the wildernesse .xl. yere vntill all the generacion that had done euell in the syghte of the Lorde were consumed. 14And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers stede the encrease of synfull men to augmente the ferse wrath of the Lorde to Israel warde. 15For yf ye turne awaye from after him he wyll yet agayne leue the people in the wildernesse so shall ye destroy all this folke.

16And they went nere him ad sayed: we will bylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe and for oure catell and cities for oure childern: 17But we oure selues will go ready armed before ye childern of Israel vntill we haue broughte them vnto their place. And oure childre shall dwell in the stronge cities because of the inhabiters of the londe. 18And we will not returne vnto oure housses vntill the childern off Israel haue enhereted: euery man his enheritaunce. 19For we will not enheret with them on yonder syde Iordane forwarde because oure enheritaunce is fasten to vs on this syde Iordane eastwarde.

20And Moses sayed vnto them: Yf ye will do this thinge that ye will go all harnessed before the Lorde to warre 21and will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before ye Lorde vntill he haue cast out his enemyes before him 22and vntill the londe be subdued before ye Lorde: then ye shall returne and be without sinne agenst the Lorde and agenst Israel and this lode shalbe youre possession before the Lorde. 23But and yf ye will not do so beholde ye synne agenst the Lorde: ad be sure youre synne will fynde you out. 24Bilde youre cities for youre childern and foldes for youre shepe and se ye do yt ye haue spoken.

25And the childern of Gad and of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge: thy servauntes will do as my lorde commaundeth. 26Oure childre oure wiues substace and all oure catell shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead. 27But we thi servauntes will goo all harnessed for the warre vnto batayle before the Lorde as my lorde hath sayed.

28And Moses comauded Eleazer ye preast and Iosua ye sonne of Nun and the aunciet hedes of the tribes of the childern of Israel 29and sayed vnto them: Yf the childern of Gad and Ruben will goo with you ouer Iordane all prepared to syghte before the Lorde: then when the lande is subdued vnto you geue them the londe of Gilead to possesse 30but and yf they will not goo ouer with you in harnesse then they shall haue their possessions amonge you in ye londe of Canaan. 31And the childern of Gad and Ruben answered sayenge: that which ye Lorde hath sayed vnto thi seruautes we will doo 32We wil goo harnessed before the Lorde into the londe of Canaan and the possession of oure enheritaunce shalbe on this syde the Iordane.

33And Moses gaue vnto ye childern of Gad and of Ruben and vnto halfe the trybe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sibon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Og kynge of Basan the lande that longed vnto the cities thereof in the costes of the contre rounde aboute. 34And the childern of Gad bylt Dibo ataroth Aroer 35Atroth Sophan Iaeser Iegabeha 36Bethnimra and Betharan stronge cities and they bylt foldes for their shepe. 37And the childern of Ruben bylt Hesebon Elalea Kiriathaim 38Nebo Baal Meon and turned their names and Sibama also: and gaue names vnto the cities which they bylt. 39And the childern of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it and put out the Amorites yt were therin. 40And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelt therein. 41And Iair the sonne of Manasse wet and toke ye small townes thereof and called the the townes of Iair. 42And Nobah went and toke kenath with the townes longinge thereto and called it Nobah after his awne name.