Bible Verses About Journey of Israel Through The Desert

and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by these names the names of the cities which they have built.

And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who is in it;

and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it.

And Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them `Towns of Jair;'

and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name.

and they journey from Hashmonah, and encamp in Moseroth.

And they journey from Moseroth, and encamp in Bene-Jaakan;

and they journey from Bene-Jaakan, and encamp at Hor-Hagidgad.

And the heads of the fathers of the families of the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, come near, and speak before Moses, and before the princes, heads of the fathers of the sons of Israel,

and say, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel, and my lord hath been commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

`And--they have been to one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel for wives, and their inheritance hath been withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers, and hath been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the lot of our inheritance it is withdrawn,

and if it is the jubilee of the sons of Israel, then hath their inheritance been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers is their inheritance withdrawn.'

And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, by the command of Jehovah, saying, `Rightly are the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaking;

this is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, To those good in their eyes let them be for wives; only, to a family of the tribe of their fathers let them be for wives;

and the inheritance of the sons of Israel doth not turn round from tribe unto tribe; for each to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers, do the sons of Israel cleave.

`And every daughter possessing an inheritance, of the tribes of the sons of Israel, is to one of the family of the tribe of her father for a wife, so that the sons of Israel possess each the inheritance of his fathers,

and the inheritance doth not turn round from one tribe to another tribe; for each to his inheritance do they cleave, the tribes of the sons of Israel.'

`And I speak unto you at that time, saying, I am not able by myself to bear you;

Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye are to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;

Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye are , a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.

`How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

and ye answer me and say, Good is the thing which thou hast spoken--to do.

`And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your tribes.

`And ye answer and say unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we--we go up, and we have fought, according to all that which Jehovah our God hath commanded us; and ye gird on each his weapons of war, and ye are ready to go up into the hill-country;