gave the tribute, a gift offering for the LORD, to Eleazar the priest as the LORD had commanded Moses.
42As for the half-share of the Israelites that Moses divided from those who had gone out to battle: 43the community's half-share was 337,500 sheep, 4436,000 oxen, 4530,500 donkeys, 46and 16,000 humans. 47Moses took from the Israelites' half one out of every fifty, from humans and animals. He gave them to the Levites who carry out the duties of the LORD's dwelling, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
48The commanders over the thousands of the army, officers over thousands and officers over hundreds, approached Moses 49and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the warriors in our charge and not one of us is missing. 50We have brought the LORD's offering that each found, gold articles--anklets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces--to seek reconciliation for ourselves before the LORD."51Moses and Eleazar the priest took all the gold articles from them. 52All the gold for the gift offering that was presented to the LORD from the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels. 53Each of the men of battle took spoils of war for himself. 54Yet Moses and Eleazar the priest also received the gold from the officers of thousands and of hundreds, and they brought it to the meeting tent as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
Reuben and Gad request land
Numbers 32The livestock owned by the Reubenites and the Gadites were unusually vast and numerous. They saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead were exactly the place for livestock. 2So the Gadites and the Reubenites came and said to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the community: 3"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon is4the land that the LORD struck down before the Israelite community. It is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."5They said, "If you approve our request, give this land to your servants as property. Don't make us cross the Jordan."
6Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, "Should your brothers go to war, while you stay here?7Why would you destroy the Israelites' resolve to cross into the land that the LORD gave them?8Your ancestors did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land. 9They went up to the Cluster ravine, saw the land, and destroyed the Israelites' resolve to enter the land that the LORD had given them. 10The LORD became angry on that day and promised,11'None of the persons that went up from Egypt, those 20 years old and above, will see the fertile ground that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they didn't remain true to me,12except Caleb, Jephunneh the Kenizzite's son, and Joshua, Nun's son, because they remained true to the LORD.'13The LORD became angry with the Israelites and made them wander in the desert for forty years until the entire generation had died, which had done evil in the LORD's eyes. 14Now you've taken the place of your ancestors, a group of sinful men, to intensify the LORD's anger against Israel. 15If you turn away from him, he will turn away again to abandon Israel in the desert. Then you will destroy this entire people."
Conditions for possession of the land
16So they approached him and said, "We will build walled enclosures here for our livestock and towns for our children. 17Then we will eagerly fight in front of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Our children will live in the fortified cities because of the land's inhabitants. 18And we won't return to our homes until each one of the Israelites takes possession of his property. 19We won't inherit land with them there across the Jordan, because we've received our property on the east side of the Jordan."
20Moses said to them, "Do this and fight before the LORD in war. 21All of you who are equipped for war, cross the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his enemies out before him22and the land is subdued in the LORD's presence. Then you may return innocently before the LORD and Israel, and this land will be your property before the LORD. 23But if you don't do this, you've sinned against the LORD. Know that your sin will find you. 24So build towns for your children and walled enclosures for your flocks, but do what you have promised."
25The Gadites and the Reubenites said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my master has commanded. 26Our children, wives, livestock, and all of our animals will remain in the cities of Gilead. 27But your servants, everyone equipped for war before the LORD, will go over to do battle as my master said."
28Moses made demands for them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua, Nun's son, and to the leaders of the households of the Israelite tribes. 29Moses said to them, "If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each equipped for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you will give them the land of Gilead as a possession. 30If, however, they don't cross with you, equipped for war, they will take possession of property with you in the land of Canaan."
31The Gadites and the Reubenites answered, "We'll do just as the LORD has spoken to your servants. 32We'll cross into the land of Canaan before the LORD, equipped for war. But the property we inherit will be across the Jordan."
Territory of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh
33So Moses gave to them--to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's son--the kingdom of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, including the land, its cities, and the territory surrounding the land's cities. 34The Gadites built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities and walled enclosures for flocks. 37The Reubenites built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38Nebo, and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They named the cities that they built. 39The descendants of Machir, Manasseh's son, went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. 40So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, Manasseh's son, and he lived there. 41Manasseh's son Jair went and captured their villages and named them Havvoth-jair.z 42Nobah went and captured Kenath and its surrounding villages. He renamed it Nobah after himself.
March out of Egypt and through the sea
Numbers 33These were the stages by which the Israelites marched when they left the land of Egypt, according to their military units under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2Moses recorded the points of departure for each stage of the march at the LORD's command. These are the stages of their march according to their points of departure.
3They marched from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month.a On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantlyb in the sight of all the Egyptians, 4while the Egyptians were burying their oldest males, whom the LORD had killed. The LORD also executed judgments against their gods. 5The Israelites marched from Rameses and they camped at Succoth. 6They marched from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. 7They marched from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol. 8They marched from Pi-hahiroth and they crossed through the sea toward the desert.
March through the southern desert
Then they traveled three days in the Etham desert and they camped at Marah.
9They marched from Marah and arrived at Elim. At Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees and they camped there.
10They marched from Elim and camped by the Reed Sea.c
11They marched from the Reed Sea and camped in the Sin desert.
12They marched from the Sin desert and camped at Dophkah.
13They marched from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14They