Liber Numeri

Numeri, chapter 32, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 32 Vulgate

   1 Filii autem Ruben et Gad habebant pecora multa, et erat illis in iumentis infinita substantia. Cumque vidissent Iazer et Galaad aptas animalibus alendis terras,
   2 venerunt ad Moysen et ad Eleazarum sacerdotem et principes congregationis atque dixerunt:
   3 "Ataroth et Dibon et Iazer et Nemra, Hesebon et Eleale et Sabam et Nabo et Beon,
   4 terra, quam percussit Dominus in conspectu congregationis Israel, regio uberrima est ad pastum animalium, et nos servi tui habemus iumenta plurima"
   5 Dixeruntque: "Si invenimus gratiam coram te, detur haec terra famulis tuis in possessionem, nec facias nos transire Iordanem"
   6 Quibus respondit Moyses: "Numquid fratres vestri ibunt ad pugnam, et vos hic sedebitis?
   7 Cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israel, ne transire audeant in terram, quam eis daturus est Dominus?
   8 Nonne ita egerunt patres vestri, quando misi de Cadesbarne ad explorandam terram?
   9 Cumque venissent usque ad Nehelescol, lustrata omni regione, subverterunt cor filiorum Israel, ut non intrarent terram, quam eis Dominus dedit.
   10 Qui iratus iuravit dicens:
   11 "Non videbunt homines isti, qui ascenderunt ex Aegypto, a viginti annis et supra, terram, quam sub iuramento pollicitus sum Abraham, Isaac et Iacob; nam noluerunt sequi me,
   12 praeter Chaleb filium Iephonne Cenezaeum et Iosue filium Nun: isti secuti sunt Dominum!".
   13 Iratusque Dominus adversum Israel circumduxit eum per desertum quadraginta annis, donec consumeretur universa generatio, quae fecerat malum in conspectu eius.
   14 Et ecce, inquit, vos surrexistis pro patribus vestris progenies hominum peccatorum, ut augeretis furorem irae Domini contra Israel.
   15 Quod si nolueritis sequi eum, in solitudine iterum populum hunc circumducet, et vos causa eritis necis omnium"
   16 At illi prope accedentes dixerunt: "Caulas ovium fabricabimus pro iumentis nostris, parvulis quoque nostris urbes;
   17 nos autem ipsi armati et accincti pergemus ad proelium ante filios Israel, donec introducamus eos ad loca sua. Parvuli nostri erunt in urbibus muratis propter habitatorum insidias.
   18 Non revertemur in domos nostras usque dum possideant filii Israel hereditatem suam;
   19 nec quidquam quaeremus trans Iordanem et ultra, quia iam habemus nostram hereditatem in orientali eius plaga"
   20 Quibus Moyses ait: "Si feceritis quod promittitis, si expediti perrexeritis coram Domino ad pugnam,
   21 et omnis vir bellator armatus Iordanem transierit, donec expulerit Dominus inimicos suos ante se,
   22 et subiecta ei omni terra redieritis in terram hanc, tunc eritis inculpabiles apud Dominum et apud Israel et obtinebitis terram hanc in hereditatem coram Domino.
   23 Sin autem, quod dicitis, non feceritis, nulli dubium est quin peccetis in Dominum; et scitote quoniam peccatum vestrum apprehendet vos.
   24 Aedificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris et caulas ovibus et, quod polliciti estis, implete"
   25 Dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Moysen: "Servi tui sumus, faciemus, quod iubet dominus noster:
   26 parvulos nostros, mulieres, pecora ac iumenta remanebunt ibi in urbibus Galaad;
   27 famuli autem tui, omnes expediti pergent coram Domino ad bellum, sicut tu, domine, loqueris"
   28 Praecepit ergo Moyses Eleazaro sacerdoti et Iosue filio Nun et principibus familiarum per tribus filiorum Israel et dixit ad eos:
   29 "Si transierint filii Gad et filii Ruben vobiscum Iordanem omnes armati ad bellum coram Domino, et vobis fuerit terra subiecta, date eis Galaad in possessionem.
   30 Sin autem noluerint transire armati vobiscum in terram Chanaan, inter vos habitandi accipiant loca"
   31 Responderuntque filii Gad et filii Ruben: "Sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis, ita faciemus.
   32 Ipsi armati pergemus coram Domino in terram Chanaan; et possidebimus hereditatem nostram trans Iordanem"
   33 Dedit itaque Moyses filiis Gad et Ruben et dimidiae tribui Manasse filii Ioseph regnum Sehon regis Amorraei et regnum Og regis Basan, terram cum urbibus suis et terminis, urbes terrae per circuitum.
   34 Igitur exstruxerunt filii Gad Dibon et Ataroth et Aroer
   35 et Atrothsophan et Iazer et Iegbaa
   36 et Bethnemra et Betharan, urbes munitas, et caulas pecoribus suis.
   37 Filii vero Ruben aedificaverunt Hesebon et Eleale et Cariathaim
   38 et Nabo et Baalmeon, versis nominibus, Sabama quoque, imponentes vocabula urbibus, quas exstruxerant.
   39 Porro filii Machir filii Manasse perrexerunt in Galaad et ceperunt eam, expulso Amorraeo habitatore eius.
   40 Dedit ergo Moyses terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse, qui habitavit in ea.
   41 Iair autem filius Manasse abiit et occupavit vicos eius, quos appellavit Havoth Iair (id est villas Iair).
   42 Nobe quoque perrexit et apprehendit Canath cum viculis suis vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 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;
   2 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,
   3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
   4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
   5 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.
   6 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
   7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
   8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
   9 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 LORD had given them.
   10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
   11 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:
   12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
   13 And the LORD'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 LORD, was consumed.
   14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
   15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
   16 ¶ And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
   17 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.
   18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
   19 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.
   20 ¶ And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
   21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
   22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
   23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
   24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
   25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
   26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
   27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
   28 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:
   29 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 LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye 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 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
   32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be our's.
   33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the 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, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
   34 ¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
   35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
   36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
   37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
   38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
   39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
   40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
   41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
   42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.