31. To this the Gadites and Reubenites replied, “We will do what the Lord has ordered your servants.
32. We ourselves will go across in force before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but we will retain our hereditary property on this side of the Jordan.”
33. So Moses gave them—the Gadites and Reubenites, as well as 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 towns, and the districts of the surrounding towns.
34. The Gadites rebuilt the cities of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35. Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36. Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran—fortified cities—and sheepfolds.
37. The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38. Nebo, Baal-meon (names to be changed!), and Sibmah. These towns, which they rebuilt, they called by their old names.
39. The descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and captured it, dispossessing the Amorites who were there.