26. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle shall be there in the cities of Gilead.
27. But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord says.
28. So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of Israel.
29. And Moses said to them, If the sons of Gad and Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man armed to battle before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you, then you 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. The sons of Gad and Reuben answered, As the Lord has said to your 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 of the Jordan may be ours.
33. Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and of Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan–the land with its cities and their territories, even the cities round about the country.
34. And the sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35. Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36. Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
37. And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38. Nebo, and Baal-meon–their names were to be changed–and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities they built.
39. And the sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
40. And Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled in it.
41. Jair son of Manasseh took their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.