20. And Mosheh said to them, “If you make this promise: if you arm yourselves before יהוה for battle,
21. and all your armed ones pass over the Yardĕn before יהוה until He has driven out His enemies from before Him,
22. and the land has been subdued before יהוה, then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless before יהוה and before Yisra’ĕl. And this land shall be your possession before יהוה.
23. “But if you do not do so, then see, you shall sin against יהוה, and know: your sin is going to find you out.
24. “Build cities for your little ones and enclosures for your sheep, and do what you have promised.”
25. And the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn spoke to Mosheh, saying, “Your servants are going to do as my master commands.
26. “Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock are going to be there in the cities of Gil‛aḏ,
27. but your servants are passing over, every armed one of the army, before יהוה, to battle, as my master says.”
28. And Mosheh gave command concerning them to El‛azar the priest, to Yehoshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl.
29. And Mosheh said to them, “If the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn pass over the Yardĕn with you, every man armed for battle before יהוה, and the land has been subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gil‛aḏ as a possession.
30. “But if they do not pass over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Kena‛an.”
31. Then the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn answered, saying, “As יהוה has said to your servants, so we do.
32. “We ourselves are passing over armed before יהוה into the land of Kena‛an, but the possession of our inheritance remains with us beyond the Yardĕn.”
33. So Mosheh gave to the children of Gaḏ, to the children of Re’uḇĕn, and to half the tribe of Menashsheh, son of Yosĕph, the reign of Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites and the reign of Og̅ sovereign of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the land round about.
34. And the children of Gaḏ built Diḇon and Ataroth and Aro‛ĕr,
35. and Atroth, Shophan and Ya‛zĕr and Yog̅behah,
36. and Bĕyth Nimrah and Bĕyth Haran, walled cities, and enclosures for sheep.
37. And the children of Re’uḇĕn built Ḥeshbon and El‛alĕh and Qiryathayim,
38. Neḇo and Ba‛al Me‛on – the names being changed – and Shiḇmah. And they gave other names to the cities which they built.
39. And the sons of Maḵir son of Menashsheh went to Gil‛aḏ and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.