Settlement and City Building

34

The descendants of Gad built Divon, 'Atarot, 'Aro'er,

35

'Atrot-Shofan, Ya'zer, Yogbehah,

36

Beit-Nimrah and Beit-Haran - fortified cities; and also enclosures for sheep.

37

The descendants of Re'uven built Heshbon, El'aleh, Kiryatayim,

38

N'vo, Ba'al-M'on (these names have been changed) and Sivmah; they renamed the cities they built.

39

The descendants of Machir the son of M'nasheh went to Gil'ad and conquered it, dispossessing the Emori who were there.

40

Moshe gave Gil'ad to Machir the son of M'nasheh, and he lived in it.

41

Ya'ir the son of M'nasheh went and captured its villages and called them Havot-Ya'ir [villages of Ya'ir].

42

Novach went and captured K'nat with its villages and named it Novach after himself.