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from going over into the land which the L
ORD
hath given them?
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Thus did your fathers, when I
sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
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For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol,
and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into
the land which the L
ORD
had given them.
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And the L
ORD
’S anger was kindled the same time, and
he sware, saying,
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Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and
upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they
have not wholly followed me:
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Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the
son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the L
ORD
.
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And the L
ORD
’S anger was kindled against
Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had
done evil in the sight of the L
ORD
, was consumed.
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And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’
stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the L
ORD
toward Israel.
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For
if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy
all this people.
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And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and
cities for our little ones:
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But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until
we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because
of the inhabitants of the land.
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We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have
inherited every man his inheritance.
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For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or
forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
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And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the L
ORD
to
war,
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And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the L
ORD
, until he hath driven out his
enemies from before him,
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And the land be subdued before the L
ORD
: then afterward ye shall
return, and be guiltless before the L
ORD
, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession
before the L
ORD
.
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But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the L
ORD
: and be sure
your sin will find you out.
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Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do
that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
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And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
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Our little ones, our
wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
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But thy servants will
pass over, every man armed for war, before the L
ORD
to battle, as my lord saith.
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So concerning
them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the
tribes of the children of Israel:
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And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the L
ORD
, and the land
shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
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But if
they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of
Canaan.
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And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the L
ORD
hath
said unto thy servants, so will we do.
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We will pass over armed before the L
ORD
into the land of
Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan
may be
ours.
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And Moses gave
unto them,
even
to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of
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